- Strengths focused
- Goal oriented
- Collaborative care
About Michelle
Michelle Cervantes is a California licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with five years of experience. She helps people who are weighed down by stress, anxiety, trauma, low self-esteem, and depression. She focuses on practical, usable steps so clients can begin feeling steadier in day-to-day life.
She works from the view that each person knows their story best. Sessions are collaborative and goal-focused. Michelle highlights strengths clients already have and builds on them to address current struggles.
Her background includes supporting people who face abandonment, attachment concerns, and the emotional effects of adoption and foster care. She also brings experience with caregiver stress, postpartum depression, mood disorders, and post-traumatic stress. That experience informs how she meets people where they are.
Michelle pays attention to issues like guilt, shame, impulsivity, money and financial stress, and problems within families. She aims to help clients find clearer thinking and steadier moods through practical work and ongoing conversation.
Therapy begins by identifying small, realistic steps toward change. Michelle helps clients create manageable plans, practice new habits, and track progress over time. She supports people through setbacks and helps them notice strengths they can rely on.
She works from the view that each person knows their story best. Sessions are collaborative and goal-focused. Michelle highlights strengths clients already have and builds on them to address current struggles.
Her background includes supporting people who face abandonment, attachment concerns, and the emotional effects of adoption and foster care. She also brings experience with caregiver stress, postpartum depression, mood disorders, and post-traumatic stress. That experience informs how she meets people where they are.
Michelle pays attention to issues like guilt, shame, impulsivity, money and financial stress, and problems within families. She aims to help clients find clearer thinking and steadier moods through practical work and ongoing conversation.
Therapy begins by identifying small, realistic steps toward change. Michelle helps clients create manageable plans, practice new habits, and track progress over time. She supports people through setbacks and helps them notice strengths they can rely on.
This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.