Michelle Coppins, LPC

Michelle Coppins is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan with 20 years of experience. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth help for stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, low self-esteem, career shifts, grief, and parenting concerns.

Michelle uses straightforward conversation to untangle what feels overwhelming. She listens closely and helps people name the problems they face. From there she and the client set small, manageable steps to try between sessions.

Her approach emphasizes changing unhelpful thinking and building useful coping skills. That often means practicing new ways of responding to anxiety and testing different behaviors in real life. The work is active and collaborative rather than only reflective.

Michelle also pays attention to life transitions such as divorce, fertility challenges, pregnancy and postpartum changes, and work stress. She supports people dealing with family-of-origin issues, loneliness, and midlife questions. She includes concerns common to the LGBT community and women's issues when they are part of a client's story.

Sessions aim to leave clients with tools they can use after counseling ends. Michelle helps clients build clearer communication, healthier routines, and better emotion management. She invites questions, sets realistic goals, and checks progress along the way.

How CBT and Client-Centered Work Online

Michelle uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT sessions focus on concrete skills such as managing worry, testing beliefs in real situations, and building routines that reduce anxiety and low mood.

She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which centers the conversation on the client's experience. In that approach she aims to listen deeply, reflect what she hears, and help clients find their own solutions at a comfortable pace.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Michelle works with clients to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That decision is collaborative and can change over time as progress is made.

Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging offer quick access between sessions or an option for people who prefer writing to speaking. These formats increase flexibility and make regular work on skills more practical for many people.