Michelle Torres M, LCSW

Approach and online options for parenting and life stress

Michelle uses attachment-based work to help people understand how early relationships shape current patterns. That approach looks at how trust and connection developed over time and what that means for feeling safe, asking for support, and managing emotional reactions. It can be useful for people coping with trauma, relationship strain, and parenting challenges.

She also practices client-centered therapy, which centers the person's experience and priorities. In this style the therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what they say, and helps people identify their own goals. This approach supports people who want respectful, nonjudgmental space to make decisions and try new behaviors.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a shared process. Michelle works with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. She checks in regularly and adjusts the focus as progress or life changes occur.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is helpful for deeper conversations and seeing nonverbal cues, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, chat is useful for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options let people fit therapy into busy family and work schedules.