Michelle Torres M, LCSW

Licensed in California · 10 years in practice

Michelle Torres M is a licensed clinical social worker in California with ten years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, and trauma.

License and registration

LCSW, California: 108299 · expires May 2026
NPI: 1134595937 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 10
Languages: English

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About Michelle

Michelle Torres M is a licensed clinical social worker in California with ten years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, and trauma. She focuses on helping individuals understand how past experiences shape their present. Her style is direct and empathetic, and she aims to make therapy feel approachable for worried parents and busy adults.

She often helps people unpack depression and anxiety by looking at the roots of their feelings rather than only addressing symptoms.

Background and approach

She works with clients on people-pleasing, boundary setting, and reclaiming a sense of self after difficult events. Sessions are practical and goal-oriented, with room for emotional processing when needed. Michelle brings personal and professional insight about how culture and family patterns affect behavior and beliefs.

That perspective informs her work with clients who want to change long-standing relationship patterns or family dynamics. She pays attention to both daily routines and deeper attachment patterns when planning treatment. Her approach draws from attachment-based ideas and client-centered methods, so clients lead the pace while she offers guidance and reflection.

She helps people build clearer boundaries, strengthen self-esteem, and cope with life changes like grief or career shifts. Michelle offers conversations about parenting strain, intimacy issues, anger, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related challenges in plain language. Her sessions aim to leave clients with concrete tools they can use between meetings and a clearer sense of direction for the work ahead.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Michelle lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Depression
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
ADHD

Approaches Michelle names

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Online support

How attachment and client-centered care translate online

Michelle uses attachment-based ideas to notice how early relationships shape current patterns. That approach looks at how people connect, relate, and react in close relationships and can help with intimacy issues, grief, and trauma-related trust difficulties. Client-centered therapy centers the person's experience and lets the client set the pace while the therapist reflects and clarifies what matters most.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Michelle will work with clients to identify which methods fit their goals and comfort level, adjusting techniques as progress is made. Together they will choose the focus and pace that feel right for the client's needs and preferences.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful when visual connection helps the work, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging supports brief updates or ongoing reflection between meetings. These options offer flexibility for busy schedules, caregiving demands, or people who travel frequently.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Michelle work with?

She helps with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, relationship and family issues, parenting strain, intimacy-related concerns, anger, self-esteem, career changes, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related challenges.

What is her therapy style like?

Her style combines attachment-based perspectives with a client-centered approach so the client guides sessions while she offers reflection and practical suggestions.

How much experience does she have?

She has ten years of clinical experience working with people across a range of concerns and life transitions.

What credentials and location apply?

She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW, and practices in California.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How does pricing work?

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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