About Michelle
Michelle Haptonstall is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado with 15 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and self-esteem struggles. Michelle offers calm, practical support for relationship worries and major life changes.
She has worked in school and community settings, so she understands how problems show up in daily life. Sessions focus on clear goals and skills people can use between meetings. Conversations aim to reduce shame, ease isolation, and build self-compassion.
How Michelle works
Michelle pays attention to how attachment and abandonment experiences shape relationships. She helps people improve communication and manage the fallout from divorce or separation. Work can include coping strategies for guilt, shame, and self-harm urges when needed.
Her style is warm and nonjudgmental. She creates an affirming space that respects diverse identities and offers options for those who prefer a non-religious approach. The emphasis is on practical steps and steady progress rather than overnight fixes.
People who choose Michelle typically leave sessions with clearer tools for handling stress and stronger ways to relate to others and themselves. Therapy aims to strengthen emotional resilience and deepen self-love through steady, real-world practices.
What Michelle works with
The areas below are the ones Michelle selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
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Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Michelle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical work. One common approach helps people recognize unhelpful thought patterns and replace them with more balanced thinking; this is useful for anxiety and depression. Another focuses on attachment and abandonment themes, helping people trace how early relationship patterns affect current communication and closeness.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and how problems show up day to day, then try methods that fit the client's needs. Adjustments are made over time to find what helps most for building self-compassion, improving communication, or coping with life transitions.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people have a focused session with visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, live chat can fit quick reflections during a busy day, and text-based messaging supports ongoing, between-session contact. These options help people fit therapy into work, school, or family life while keeping continuity of care.
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