About Michelle
Michelle Keplar is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Indiana with three years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, cope with addictions, and build motivation, self-esteem, and confidence. Michelle centers her work on straightforward, respectful conversation and practical steps you can use between sessions.
Her style is nonjudgmental and calm. She listens first, then tailors conversations and plans to each person's situation.
How Michelle works
Michelle uses a strengths-based approach that highlights what is already working and builds on it. She helps people navigate life changes and difficult emotions like grief, anger, or depression. Michelle also supports those facing relationship strain, communication problems, commitment issues, and workplace stress.
Her practice addresses concerns linked to sleep, money, parenting, and burnout from caregiving or demanding jobs. Sessions aim to be collaborative and goal-focused. Michelle offers realistic strategies for coping with impulsivity, isolation, and seasonal mood shifts.
She also brings experience supporting people affected by veteran and armed forces issues and women’s specific concerns. If someone is ready to begin, Michelle guides them through small, manageable steps. She works at a steady pace and encourages self-compassion while building new habits and healthier routines.
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.
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Indiana |
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Online support options
How Michelle Uses Practical Approaches Online
Michelle describes her methods as evidence-based techniques aimed at clear, practical change. One common approach focuses on building skills for managing anxiety and stress through short, actionable strategies you can practice between sessions. This helps with racing thoughts, sleep struggles, and overwhelm. Another approach centers on motivation and self-esteem work that breaks larger goals into small steps and celebrates progress, which can help with addictions, impulsivity, and low confidence.Finding the right approach is collaborative. Michelle talks with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made or needs shift.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and styles. Video allows face-to-face conversation for deeper exchange, phone works when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed, and chat or messaging suits short updates or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or busy days while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.
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