Michael Kolpinski, LPC

Michael Kolpinski is a Licensed Professional Counselor with nearly two decades of clinical experience in Connecticut. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Michael focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and depression.

He draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside client-centered and mindfulness approaches. In sessions he helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, test beliefs, and try new behaviors. Michael adapts techniques to fit each person's situation rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.

Michael also addresses relationship and personality concerns such as attachment and codependency, and practical problems like communication difficulties and hoarding. He works with issues tied to trauma, dissociation, grief, and end-of-life stress. Short-term solution-focused strategies are used when a clear, time-limited change is the goal.

He keeps the work straightforward and down-to-earth. Sessions often include talking through real-life situations, practicing new skills, and setting small, concrete goals. Michael may use humor when it helps the therapeutic connection.

People who prefer a collaborative, practical approach tend to fit his style. He explains ideas plainly and looks for steps clients can use between sessions. His aim is to help people reduce distress and build more effective ways of coping.

How his approach translates to online therapy

Michael often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thought patterns that feed anxiety and depression. CBT sessions focus on practical exercises, tracking thoughts, and testing new behaviors that can be practiced between meetings.

He also draws on client-centered methods that prioritize listening and building a respectful relationship. That approach emphasizes the person’s own goals and pace. Mindfulness Therapy is used to teach present-moment awareness and simple breathing or attention practices that reduce reactivity and help with stress and anger.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. He discusses goals and preferences with clients and adapts techniques to fit each situation. That collaborative process helps pick whether CBT, client-centered work, mindfulness, or a mix will be most useful.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to try different ways of connecting as needs change.