About Colette
Colette Spaulding, LMSW, offers a warm, practical approach to therapy that focuses on what has happened to a person rather than what's wrong with them. She aims to create a compassionate, nonjudgmental space where people can tell their story and learn skills to feel more steady and in control.
Her manner is straightforward and often includes a bit of humor to balance hard work. Colette draws on 15 years of experience working with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar challenges, and the effects of trauma and abuse.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with ADHD, grief, addictions, and relationship or intimacy-related struggles. Sessions often focus on patterns, strengths, and concrete coping skills that fit daily life. Her practice brings together client-centered work with cognitive tools and emotion-regulation strategies.
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to build skills for managing intense feelings. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is available when trauma processing is needed. Colette emphasizes collaboration.
She and the person in therapy set goals together and choose techniques that match those goals. Therapy may include short skills practice, exploring past events, or making plans for change depending on what a person needs. Colette offers sessions in English and works with people in Michigan as well as international clients.
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Her practice uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How Colette’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters to you. It helps people feel heard and clearer about their own goals, which can make problem-solving feel more manageable during online sessions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical ways to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. That approach works well over video or messaging for skill practice, thought logs, and short homework between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal skills. Online sessions can be used to learn and rehearse these skills, with brief check-ins by chat or text to support practice between meetings.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, needs, and preferences, and then try methods that match those priorities. Adjustments are made as therapy progresses so the approach fits the person’s life and pace.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face work and skill demonstrations. Phone calls can be lower bandwidth and easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat or text messaging supports short check-ins, quick coping skills, or follow-up between sessions. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to use therapy in a way that fits daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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