Michael Gay, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor
8 yrs experience
Updated August 12, 2026 How we verify
About
Michael Gay is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Boulder, Colorado, who uses experiential and somatic approaches — including Gestalt, Internal Family Systems, and wilderness-based work — to support individuals, couples, and families through trauma, depression, addiction, and men's work.
Services
- Trauma / PTSD
- Men's issues
- Depression
- Addiction and recovery
- ADHD
- Anxiety
- Grief
- Life transitions
- Parenting
- Relationship issues
- Spirituality
- Experiential therapy
- Somatic therapy
- Gestalt therapy
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Attachment-based therapy
- Family systems therapy
- Humanistic therapy
- Transpersonal approaches
- Wilderness-based therapy
- Breathwork
- Transpersonal psychology
- Humanistic psychology
State licenses
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Colorado · License #0020300 · LPC Active
In the field
Media
Sources
The facts on this page are drawn from 13 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.
Psychology Today directory
- Practice name, Boulder CO location, self-reported LPC #0020300, education (Naropa University 2018; Gestalt Institute of the Rockies 2019), 8 years in practice, specialties, modalities, fees ($120/session, sliding scale), payment methods, free 15-min consultation (psychologytoday.com)
provider website (homepage)
- Practice name Michael Gay Counseling LLC, Boulder office locations (Pearl Street and Gunbarrel), phone, email, session formats, men's work focus (michaelgaycounseling.com)
provider website (about page)
- MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Naropa University (Transpersonal Psychology focus), 14 years in the counseling field including 6 years as a Wilderness Therapy guide, 3-year Gestalt Institute of the Rockies training, ongoing Gestalt Equine Institute training, contact email/phone (michaelgaycounseling.com)
provider website (psychotherapy page)
- $250/hour fee with 1/1.5/2-hour session options, payment methods, populations and issues treated (michaelgaycounseling.com)
provider website (photo)
- Source of the selected headshot candidate (environmental portrait, face clearly visible, alone in frame) (images.squarespace-cdn.com)
NPPES registry
- NPI 1598383325, taxonomy 103TC1900X (Psychologist, Counseling), self-reported license identifier NLC.0107582 (CO), practice address 630 2nd Ave, Lyons, CO, email michael@michaelgaycounseling.com confirming identity match (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)
directory listing (7cups)
- Secondary confirmation of Michael Gay, Psychologist/Counseling MA, practicing in Lyons, CO, matching populations and issues treated (7cups.com)
podcast (Man Talks)
- Guest appearance confirming identity, Naropa MA, private practice in Boulder CO, men's work focus (mantalks.com)
podcast/blog (Man Uncivilized)
- Guest appearance; role as Chief Mystic and Licensed Therapist at Man UNcivilized (manuncivilized.com)
podcast (Sacred Sons Podcast)
- Role as Sacred Sons facilitator / Director of Facilitation (sacredsons.libsyn.com)
news/commentary (Medium, Ian MacKenzie)
- September 2024 author's note: Michael Gay departed Sacred Sons citing concerns about men being taken too deep too fast without proper facilitator mentorship; he is not named in connection with the separate misconduct allegations against co-founder Aubert Bastiat (ianmack.medium.com)
YouTube
- Appearance in 'Men in Relationship - UNcivilized UNplugged with Michael Gay and Duey Freeman' (youtube.com)
social media (Instagram, tagged post)
- Instagram handle @lightningtree_mg identified as Michael Gay via a Sacred Sons-tagged post; the profile itself could not be opened directly (login-walled) (instagram.com)