About Michelle
Michelle Waguespack is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, career questions, self-esteem struggles, and life changes. Her work also covers relationship and family challenges, parenting concerns, and issues like codependency and aging.
Her style is warm and nonjudgmental. She focuses on building a collaborative relationship and listens to each person's goals. Sessions are practical and goal-oriented, with attention to real-life steps people can use between meetings.
Background and approach
Michelle draws on client-centered methods that let the person set the pace and direction. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Solution-focused strategies are used to identify strengths and small, achievable steps toward clearer outcomes.
Her background includes counseling in university, business, and independent practice settings. Although her graduate study emphasized marriage and family, she developed a strong focus on career counseling and supports people at many career stages. People who choose Michelle can expect straightforward conversations about what’s working and what needs to change.
She prioritizes clear goals and short-term strategies alongside deeper reflection. The aim is to help clients move forward with confidence and practical coping skills.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following the person's lead. It helps when someone needs space to sort out feelings and decide their own goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses clear exercises and tools to help reduce anxiety and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Solution-focused therapy aims at small, practical changes that build momentum. It helps people identify strengths and next steps they can try right away. Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. Plans may include a mix of techniques and will adapt as progress is made. Online sessions make it easier to fit counseling into busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins or when someone prefers writing. These options support flexibility and accessibility while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana, Colorado
- Languages
- English
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