Michelle Bronster, LCSW

Michelle Bronster is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York. She brings a practical, empathetic style to sessions and aims to help people navigate midlife transitions, relationship strain, anxiety, and grief.

Michelle tailors her approach to what each person needs. She uses a mix of techniques such as mindfulness, emotion regulation, and cognitive strategies. Sessions can be shorter-term and solutions-focused or more open-ended depending on the situation.

Her background includes extensive work in correctional settings and with people across the adult lifespan. That experience shaped her skills running group work and individual sessions focused on coping, distress tolerance, and communication skills.

Therapy with Michelle may include grounding and relaxation exercises, role-playing for communication practice, and practical problem-solving tools. She also incorporates reminiscence work and motivational interviewing when helpful to goals like grief processing or caregiver strain.

Clients often bring concerns such as stress, depression, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, sleep problems, ADHD, and issues tied to aging and chronic illness. Michelle also lists LGBTQ and family-related concerns among her focus areas.

If someone is ready to begin, they complete a short questionnaire and schedule through the Start Therapy button. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and international clients are not accepted.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and focuses on building safer, more secure ways of relating. It can help with relationship worries, attachment issues, and challenges that come up during major life shifts. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s own goals and pace; the therapist follows the client's lead and offers empathy and reflection to support clearer thinking and self-understanding. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments and behavioral changes to reduce anxiety and depression.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will discuss options with each person and adjust techniques based on needs, goals, and preferences. This is a collaborative process where methods are tried, evaluated, and changed as useful.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, shorten a check-in when needed, and reduce travel time. It also allows people to use tools like mindfulness exercises, worksheets, and role-play during sessions to practice skills between meetings.