- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Depression
About Michelle
Michelle Bronster is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York. She brings ten years of clinical experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, and life transitions. Michelle focuses on practical, short-term strategies as well as longer-term support depending on what a person needs.
Her approach is flexible and person-centered. She draws from attachment-based ideas to understand relationships and from cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
Michelle also uses emotion regulation and mindfulness skills when people are feeling overwhelmed. Michelle has substantial experience running group and individual work in demanding settings. That background informs a calm, steady style in sessions and a preference for skills that people can use day to day.
She often combines techniques to match each person’s goals and pace. Sessions tend to focus on clear, achievable steps. Michelle offers grounding exercises, relaxation skills, and communication practice when helpful.
She supports people working through grief, trauma, caregiver stress, and difficulties with sleep and self-esteem. People who come to Michelle can expect collaborative planning and options for shorter-term, solutions-focused work. She explains tools plainly and practices with clients so those skills can be used between sessions.
Her goal is to help people feel more able to manage today’s problems and plan for what comes next.
What Michelle works with
Everything Michelle lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Michelle helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
Approaches Michelle lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online work
Attachment-based work looks at how past and current relationships shape feelings and behavior. It helps people understand patterns in close relationships and build safer ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Emotion regulation and mindfulness skills from dialectical approaches teach ways to manage intense emotions and tolerate distress without making things worse.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and recommend strategies that fit. That might mean starting with short-term, skills-based work or shifting into deeper relational work when it's helpful. The plan is reviewed and adjusted as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more convenient. Video lets people see and read nonverbal cues, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text messaging can be used for brief check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options help fit therapy into busy lives and make it easier to use skills between sessions.
Questions people ask about Michelle
What concerns does Michelle commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting questions, sleep problems, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue among other concerns.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is adaptable and person-centered. Sessions mix practical skills, mindfulness, and communication work to match a client's needs.
What relevant experience does she bring?
Michelle has ten years of clinical experience and has led group and individual work in challenging settings, which informs a skills-focused, steady approach.
Where is Michelle licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in New York and practices from that location.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are costs and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire, then schedule according to therapist availability.
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