Karen Michelson, LPC

Build a stronger relationship with yourself and the people you love

Individual, Couples, and Family Therapy in Boulder, Colorado

This is not the life you imagined. Maybe your relationship feels disconnected, your family is struggling, you’re lost, overwhelmed, lonely, discontent. Or you can't name what's wrong—you just know something needs to change.

Individual Therapy: Find Your Way Back to Yourself Whether you're navigating a crisis or life transition, relationship issues, or a persistent sense that something is off, individual therapy is an opportunity to explore the patterns and beliefs keeping you stuck—and build a clearer, more grounded sense of who you are and a path forward to creating a life of meaning and satisfaction.

Couples Therapy: Reconnect with Your Partner
Through Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and other evidence-based couples therapy approaches, I help couples rebuild emotional connection, trust, and intimacy. Together, we uncover the negative patterns that drive disconnection and conflict. In couples counseling, you’ll develop tools to communicate openly, respond with care, and break the cycles that pull you apart. As your relationship strengthens, you’ll experience more comfort, security, and joy—turning toward each other in times of happiness, stress, or fear.

Family Therapy: Strengthen Your Most Important Relationships Families are systems—when one part struggles, everyone feels it. I work with families in Boulder and the greater Denver area navigating conflict, major transitions, or longstanding patterns that keep resurfacing. In family therapy, every voice is heard and every relationship can grow.

Create Lasting Change Whether you're coming in alone, with a partner, or with your family, you'll develop tools to communicate openly, break old cycles, and move toward more comfort, connection, security, and joy.

Learn about Karen Michelson, LPC here.

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