Michelle Bronster, LCSW
Therapist in New York
Michelle Bronster is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York.
- Licensed inNew York
- License083394
- NPI 1730758426
- Experience10+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Michelle
Michelle Bronster is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York. She brings ten years of clinical experience and an easy, straightforward style to sessions. Michelle emphasizes attachment-based understanding while using practical tools to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship strain.
Her approach is collaborative and flexible. She blends attachment-based ideas with client-centered care and cognitive behavioral strategies. Sessions often include grounding, mindfulness, and emotion regulation skills tailored to what someone needs in the moment.
Background and approach
Michelle has considerable experience delivering DBT-informed group work and individual therapy in challenging settings. That background shaped a focus on skills like distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and communication practice. She also uses problem-solving and solutions-focused techniques when people want shorter-term support.
People come to her for help with depression, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, sleep problems, and parenting stress. She also addresses ADHD, self-esteem, caregiver strain, chronic illness concerns, and end-of-life related issues. Her work includes attention to attachment issues across the lifespan.
Sessions can be adapted to meet practical needs. Michelle offers a mix of longer and shorter-term work, and she introduces exercises such as relaxation training, role-play, and cognitive skill building when helpful. She aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space to talk through difficult moments and find manageable steps forward.
Credentials
- LCSW (New York)
- License 083394 · expires November 2026
- NPI
- 1730758426 · national provider identifier
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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
- 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
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Online support
Attachment-informed and skills-based care online
Michelle integrates attachment-based ideas with client-centered and cognitive behavioral approaches to help people understand patterns in relationships and daily life. Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationship experiences shape current needs and emotional reactions, which can help with relationship concerns, grief, and self-esteem issues.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT provides clear, practical steps to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and manage mood. Those approaches are paired with DBT-informed skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance when strong feelings make it hard to cope.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. She will work with each person to choose strategies that match their goals and preferences, adjusting methods over time as needs change. Sessions are conversational and skills-focused, so clients learn and practice tools they can use between meetings.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and longer work, phone can fit a quick check-in or lower bandwidth, and messaging or live chat support brief updates or ongoing skill practice. These formats make scheduling more flexible and help people fit therapy into busy lives.
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Frequently asked
What concerns does she help with?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, parenting stress, sleep problems, and trauma and abuse.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses an attachment-informed, client-centered style combined with CBT and DBT skills. Sessions focus on practical exercises like mindfulness and emotion regulation.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Michelle has ten years of clinical experience working with individuals across varied life stages and settings.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in New York and practices from that region.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different scheduling needs.
How are fees and subscriptions 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?
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