Dr. Alexandra Branagan , CO Psychologist PSY.0005152

Dr. Alexandra Branagan is a licensed clinical health psychologist based in Denver, Colorado, with more than 12 years of professional experience serving people across the lifespan. She holds a Colorado psychologist license - CO Psychologist PSY.0005152 - and has worked with clients from preconception through later life stages. Her practice emphasizes assessment and support for health and medical challenges, major life transitions, and adjustment to parenthood including fertility, prenatal, and postpartum concerns.

She has particular expertise addressing sexuality and intimacy-related questions, sleep difficulties, ADHD and other neurodevelopmental concerns, depression and anxiety, multicultural stressors and discrimination, and stress experienced by caregivers. Her work also encompasses relationship and family issues, grief, self-esteem, career and life transitions, compassion fatigue, and a range of aging and geriatric topics. Additional focus areas include autism spectrum concerns, chronic pain and illness, fertility and fatherhood issues, first responder stress, gender dysphoria, and questions related to kink and alternative sexual cultures.

Dr. Branagan fosters a warm, supportive, and nonjudgmental environment designed to make it easier for people to share honest thoughts and feelings. She collaborates with each person to tailor evidence-based therapeutic techniques to their unique needs, values, and goals, offering individualized care throughout the therapeutic process.

Evidence-Based Techniques and Online Care

Dr. Branagan employs evidence-based therapeutic techniques that address both thoughts and behaviors, helping people develop practical strategies to manage anxiety, depression, and stress-related symptoms. She also uses skills-based approaches tailored to parenting and caregiver challenges, offering concrete tools for sleep difficulties, adjustment to parenthood, and managing day-to-day caregiving demands. Additionally, her work includes interventions focused on adapting to health-related changes and chronic illness, supporting coping, pacing, and problem-solving around medical and aging concerns.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Dr. Branagan partners with each person to identify goals, preferences, and strengths, and then adjusts methods over time so therapy fits the individual rather than the other way around. This collaborative stance helps ensure the techniques used match the person’s needs and life circumstances.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which can make it easier to fit appointments into busy schedules and to continue care across life transitions. These formats provide flexibility and accessibility while allowing licensed professionals and therapists to deliver consistent, goal-focused treatment that can be adapted to each person’s situation.