Michelle Bronster, LCSW
New York · 10 years in practice
Michelle Bronster is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who practices from a practical, human-centered place.
License and registration
- LCSW, New York
- 083394 · expires November 2026
- NPI
- 1730758426 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Michelle
Michelle Bronster is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who practices from a practical, human-centered place. She emphasizes Existential therapy alongside approaches that focus on relationships and personal meaning. Michelle aims to help people cope with stress, anxiety, grief, life changes, and struggles with relationships and self-worth.
Michelle has ten years of clinical experience working in varied settings. Much of her work has involved supporting people through trauma, compassion fatigue, caregiver strain, and chronic illness.
Background and approach
She often blends skills-based tools with reflective conversation to meet immediate needs and longer-term goals. In sessions she uses techniques drawn from attachment-based and client-centered work. That means she pays attention to how people connect with others while keeping sessions focused on each person's priorities.
Cognitive-behavioral and dialectical strategies are available when clients want practical skills for managing thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Michelle offers shorter-term, solution-focused work as well as longer-term support depending on what the person wants. She includes grounding and mindfulness exercises when they are helpful and uses role-play and problem-solving for practical challenges like interviews or communication breakdowns.
Sessions are offered in English and take place online by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Michelle practices in New York as an LCSW and brings a calm, straightforward approach to helping people find clearer footing during hard times.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Michelle lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 names
- Existential Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapy approaches and how they work online
Existential therapy focuses on meaning, choices, and how people respond to life changes. It involves direct conversation about values, purpose, and the everyday pressures that make life feel heavy. This approach can help when someone is rethinking relationships, dealing with loss, or facing a midlife or major life transition.Attachment-based therapy looks at how early connections shape current relationships. It helps people notice patterns in how they relate, improve communication, and build more satisfying bonds. Client-centered therapy centers the person's experience and priorities, giving space for them to guide goals while the therapist reflects and supports their process.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to combine existential reflection, attachment work, and practical skills as needed. Treatment can shift over time to focus on immediate coping skills or deeper questions about meaning, depending on the client's goals and preferences.
Online therapy makes these approaches more accessible. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for nuanced conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or video feels too intense, and live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins or skill practice between sessions. These flexible formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to use the methods that feel most comfortable.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Michelle address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship struggles, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, ADHD, trauma and abuse, and many life transitions.
What is Michelle's therapeutic style like?
Her style blends Existential ideas with attachment-based and client-centered practice. Sessions mix reflective conversation with practical skills such as grounding, emotion regulation, and problem solving.
What is her clinical background?
Michelle has 10 years of experience and extensive work supporting people with trauma, caregiver stress, chronic illness, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and compassion fatigue.
Where is Michelle licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with New York State and practices from New York.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she use?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and billing handled?
Costs vary 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, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling based on therapist availability.
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