Michelle Waguespack, LPC

Michelle Waguespack is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana with a broad background across university, corporate, and private practice settings. Her graduate training emphasized marriage and family work, and she has developed a focused specialty in career counseling, assisting people at all stages of career planning, transitions, and workplace challenges.

Michelle brings a calm, collaborative style to therapy and is particularly committed to supporting individuals dealing with communication difficulties, anxiety, grief and loss, confidence building, self-esteem concerns, and life transitions. She also works with relationship and family issues, parenting challenges, and offers coaching around career and coping strategies. Additional areas of focus include aging and geriatric matters, blended family dynamics, and codependency.

Known for a warm, non-judgmental professional stance, Michelle centers sessions on each person she works with and partners with clients to clarify goals and develop practical steps toward those goals. She describes her approach as client-focused and collaborative and welcomes the opportunity to support people seeking meaningful change and improved well-being.

How Michelle's Approaches Translate to Online Care

Client-Centered Therapy is grounded in a supportive, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist listens closely and follows the client's priorities - this approach helps people build self-awareness, address self-esteem concerns, and navigate relationship or life changes.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and adjusting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is practical and skills-based, often used for anxiety, stress, and confidence building so clients can develop coping strategies they can use between sessions.

Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on identifying strengths and small, achievable steps toward preferred outcomes. It is goal-oriented and useful for career planning, decision-making, and short-term problem solving.

Finding the best approach is part of the therapeutic process. Michelle works collaboratively with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences, and then tailors techniques from these approaches to create a plan that fits the individual.

Online therapy via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for scheduling and lets clients engage from home or on the go. These options make it easier to maintain consistency in sessions, try different formats, and integrate therapeutic work into everyday life with greater accessibility.