About Michelle
Michelle Cervantes is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in California. She brings five years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression. Michelle works in a straightforward, supportive way and focuses on each person’s strengths as they work toward change.
She listens for what matters most and helps clients set clear, manageable goals. Sessions are practical and grounded in everyday life. Michelle encourages small steps that build confidence and momentum over time.
Background and approach
Her background includes short-term and ongoing support for mood challenges and trauma-related concerns. She has worked with people facing postpartum depression, post-traumatic stress, and a range of mood disorders. Michelle also addresses issues like guilt, shame, attachment concerns, and the stress that comes with caregiving.
Michelle pays particular attention to life events such as abandonment, adoption and foster care histories, and young adult transitions. She can help with impulsivity, money and financial stress, and disruptive mood symptoms that affect daily functioning. The approach is collaborative and paced to fit each person’s needs.
Sessions are offered in English and use a mix of conversation and practical strategies. Michelle believes clients are the experts on their own stories and supports them as they try new ways of coping and relating.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions that fit your life
Michelle practices evidence-based therapeutic techniques in a clear, approachable way. One helpful approach focuses on identifying strengths and building practical coping skills to reduce anxiety and manage mood swings. This method teaches small, repeatable actions that make daily life easier and increase confidence.Another common focus is trauma-informed work that helps people process difficult experiences and reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress. That work often includes grounding exercises and paced conversations that let clients set the speed of progress. Both approaches aim to be collaborative and tailored to what each person needs right now.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Michelle will work with clients to choose methods that match their goals and comfort level. Together they review what helps and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit busy lives. Video calls are good for deeper conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a client prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging allow short check-ins and flexible communication between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English