Meet Mike Granzow

Maybe you have spent years showing up for other people, whether that's your family, your community, your clients, or a cause you believe in, and now you are running on empty. Maybe life has not turned out the way you hoped, and you are carrying a disappointment you rarely say out loud. Maybe you keep running into the quiet, persistent feeling that you are not enough.

Or maybe something happened, once or over a long stretch of time, that taught your body the world is not safe. Now you find yourself on edge, easily triggered, disconnected from yourself, or feeling like things are slipping out of your control.

I help people work through life's challenges with compassion, practical tools, and deep respect for their lived experiences. Therapy with me is a real conversation. It is honest and grounded, and it is focused on what actually matters to you.

We don't live our lives in a vacuum. Many of the struggles people bring to therapy are shaped by the systems, communities, and environments around them. My work is grounded in that awareness, and in honoring each person's identity, culture, and individuality.

Call out:

You are the greatest expert on your own life. My job is to listen closely, ask good questions, and help you find a path toward wellness that you can actually sustain.

Who I Work With and How I Can Help

I work with children, teens, and adults ages eight to 65. I especially enjoy working with people who are contemplating change. They may not have every answer yet, but they know something needs to shift.

You may be:

• Exhausted from giving so much of yourself in service of others

• An activist, organizer, or advocate feeling the weight of the work

• A man, or someone of any gender, wanting a space to explore emotions and behaviors you were never taught to talk about

• Managing triggers after experiencing or witnessing danger to yourself or others

• Feeling disconnected from yourself or out of control

• Disappointed in how things have turned out and unsure where to go from here

• Questioning where your values came from and whether they still fit

• Struggling with the feeling that you are not enough

My primary areas of focus include complex trauma and PTSD, identity exploration, and activist burnout. I also work with depression and anxiety, men's issues, burnout and stress management, and chronic disease management.

Our work may focus on noticing how stress shows up in your mind and body, recognizing negative self-talk, understanding the patterns behind your thoughts and actions, and reconnecting with the values that give your life meaning.

My Approach to Therapy

I believe in transparency. I want you to know what we are doing in session and why. Therapy should not feel like something being done to you. It is something we do together.

My work combines reflection, body-based awareness, and practical skills. We often start with your values: what matters to you, where those values came from, and whether your thoughts and actions are supporting them. From there, we have down-to-earth conversations about your choices and the obstacles standing between you and your wellness.

I tailor our work to you through goal-setting, sessions that are structured but flexible, and ongoing check-ins about what is working. I will regularly ask what you like, what helps, and what feels challenging because you should have a voice in your own therapy.

I also bring a decolonized perspective to my work. Identities are largely shaped by socially constructed systems, and those systems affect people very differently. I stay curious about how they may or may not influence your experience, without assuming I already know your story. I want our work to help loosen the grip of harmful systems on your life rather than reinforce them.