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- CBT focused
- Women's issues
- Communication skills
About Michelle
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado with 16 years of experience. Michelle Brown-Alford focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. She also concentrates on communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, life purpose, self-love, social anxiety and phobia, and women's issues.
Michelle uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Sessions are practical and goal-oriented. She works with individual adults to build clearer communication and steadier moods.
In sessions she talks through what is happening now and what the client wants to change. She helps clients set small steps, try them out between sessions, and then review what worked. That process makes goals feel more manageable and progress easier to track.
Michelle offers faith-informed support when requested and attends to the particular pressures many women report. She addresses shame, guilt, and self-criticism directly and helps people practice self-acceptance and clearer boundaries. Communication skills training and problem-solving are common session activities.
Her work is practical and conversational. Clients should expect structured conversations, thought records, and behavioral experiments when appropriate. To begin, clients use the site matching process and schedule a first session through the platform's tools.
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How CBT shapes remote sessions
CBT focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In practice this means noting specific thoughts, testing their accuracy, and trying small behavioral changes. This approach is useful for anxiety, low mood, social anxiety, and stress because it gives clear steps to change patterns.When addressing communication or relationship stress, sessions often include role plays and scripted practice. Those exercises help people try new ways of speaking and then report back what felt different. For issues like guilt, shame, or self-love, CBT techniques include challenging self-critical beliefs and building compassionate self-statements in real situations.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods like CBT, and adjust based on what helps. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques to keep, adapt, or drop as work progresses.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, cut travel time, or choose a shorter check-in when schedules are tight. Talk with the therapist during the matching and scheduling steps to confirm how sessions will be delivered and what will work best for your routine.
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Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
16+ years
Listed in
Colorado
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she focus on?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include communication, forgiveness, guilt and shame, life purpose, self-love, social anxiety and phobia, and women's issues.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a practical, goal-oriented style rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Sessions include identifying unhelpful thoughts, testing new behaviors, and reviewing results.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 16 years of experience as a practicing counselor. That experience guides her use of CBT and skills-based work.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Colorado. Her practice is located in Colorado.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Specific pricing depends on the subscriber's plan and location.
How do I begin a first session?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session through the platform's scheduling tools.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the urgent help numbers.