Michelle Bronster , LCSW

Michelle Bronster is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York. She brings ten years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on practical approaches people can use right away. Michelle works with concerns like stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and issues around parenting and self-esteem. She also lists support for LGBT concerns, ADHD, and coping with life changes.

Michelle prefers an adaptive style that changes as needs change. She combines methods from attachment-based work, client-centered care, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, and emotionally-focused approaches. In sessions she uses grounding, mindfulness, and emotion-regulation tools when helpful.

Her background includes long experience running group and individual work in challenging settings. She has developed programs and led DBT-informed groups in correctional environments. That history informs a practical, skills-based focus in her current work.

Michelle offers a mix of shorter-term, solutions-focused work and longer-term support, depending on what a person wants. She may include relaxation training, communication practice, role-playing, or cognitive skills building based on goals. Sessions often emphasize clear steps people can try between meetings.

People can expect a collaborative, accepting approach that aims to reduce distress and improve everyday coping. Michelle works by phone, video, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Attachment-based work looks at how past bonds affect current relationships and emotions. It helps people understand patterns in close relationships and build more trusted connections. Client-centered therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation where the therapist follows the client's lead to clarify goals and strengths. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions; it teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and improve mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Michelle will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. That collaboration might mean trying skills-based exercises at first, then shifting to deeper attachment or emotionally-focused work if needed.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues, phone can be a simpler check-in with lower bandwidth, and messaging or live chat can support brief updates or skills coaching between longer sessions. These options let people access care from different locations and build therapy into their routine.