About Michelle
Michelle Torres M is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the effects of trauma. She practices in California and speaks English. Michelle takes a grounded, straightforward approach that focuses on what feels important to each person in the room.
Her work often centers on uncovering how past experiences shape current feelings and patterns. She supports people who struggle with people-pleasing, boundary setting, low self-esteem, and intimacy concerns.
Background and approach
She also helps those coping with grief, parenting strain, career stress, compassion fatigue, and attention-related challenges. Michelle pays attention to cultural and family influences and how they affect daily life. She uses Attachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy to help people understand relationships and personal needs.
Sessions aim to build practical skills and clearer self-awareness rather than relying on jargon. In sessions she encourages honest conversation and gradual change. Clients can expect a calm, attentive listener who asks direct questions and offers small, doable steps.
Progress is framed as learning new ways to handle familiar problems. Outside the therapy room she draws on personal insight about cultural and systemic challenges to inform her work. That background helps her notice patterns that others might miss.
Michelle focuses on helping people feel seen, make safer choices, and grow toward goals that matter to them.
How attachment and client-centered work online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape how people connect now. Online sessions can help people notice patterns in trust, closeness, and boundaries and practice different ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist - listening closely, reflecting what is said, and following the client's pace to build insight and confidence.Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences and try methods that fit those priorities. Together they track what helps and adjust the plan when something feels off so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different days and needs. Video lets people read facial cues and practice conversations in real time. Phone calls are useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging can work well for brief check-ins, quick reflections, or fitting therapy into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and to match the way a person prefers to communicate.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English