About Michelle
Michelle Haptonstall is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado with 15 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, or big life changes. Michelle aims to create a calm, respectful space where someone can talk through what matters most to them.
She has worked in both school and community settings, which shaped how she supports day-to-day challenges. Her practice pays close attention to relationship struggles, communication problems, and the pain that follows separation or divorce.
Background and approach
She also helps people deal with feelings of abandonment, guilt, shame, isolation, and issues around self-harm and self-love. Michelle emphasizes practical steps people can take to feel steadier. Sessions often include chance to name difficult feelings, practice clearer communication, and build small routines that reduce stress.
She offers an approach that adapts to a person’s goals rather than forcing one method on everyone. She is attentive to diverse identities and provides a non-religious therapeutic environment when that is preferred. Michelle is also aware of challenges faced by women and by young adults and brings that sensitivity into conversations.
People choose to work with her when they want straightforward guidance, tools for coping, and support rebuilding confidence after a hard change. Her aim is to help people strengthen emotional resilience and improve how they relate to themselves and others.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Michelle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach is working on emotion regulation and coping skills - this involves identifying stressful patterns, practicing breathing and grounding tools, and building small habits that reduce anxiety and reactivity. It helps with ongoing stress, panic, and feeling overwhelmed.Another frequent focus is improving communication and attachment-related concerns. This involves learning clearer ways to state needs, set boundaries, and repair connection after conflict. That work is useful for people dealing with relationship strain, separation, or feelings of abandonment.
Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will help figure out what fits based on a person’s problems, goals, and preferences. Plans are revisited together so methods can change as progress is made.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone calls fit a tighter schedule or lower bandwidth, live chat offers quick check-ins, and messaging supports shorter reflections between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives while keeping consistent contact with a licensed professional.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
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