About Michelle
Michelle LeClear-Dozier is a Florida licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 35 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, or life changes. Michelle offers calm, steady support and practical steps that parents and individuals can use right away.
She explains problems in plain language and helps clients spot the patterns that make things harder. Sessions often include goal-setting and practicing new coping skills.
How Michelle works
Michelle uses elements of cognitive behavioral therapy to shift unhelpful thoughts and Client-Centered Therapy to tailor care to each person. Parents often come for help with family problems, parenting strain, or relationship stress. Others seek support for trauma, addictions, bipolar mood issues, eating or anger concerns, and social anxiety.
She also helps with intimacy-related issues and work or career stress. Michelle takes a collaborative style. She listens, asks practical questions, and helps people build small, doable changes.
Together they identify strengths and plan steps to reduce symptoms and manage daily life. Over her career she has supervised other clinicians and refined a straightforward approach that mixes supportive listening with skills practice. Her work aims to help clients feel steadier, communicate better, and handle challenges more confidently.
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What Michelle works with
The areas below are the ones Michelle selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Michelle uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as the main approaches in sessions. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on empathic listening and meeting each person where they are, which helps people feel heard and understood while they sort out goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical steps to reduce anxiety, panic attacks, low mood, and unhelpful behavior patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will collaborate with clients to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Together they review what helps, try approaches in session, and adjust the plan based on what feels useful and manageable.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet that can fit a busy schedule. Video calls let people work more like an in-person visit while phone sessions can be a shorter check-in or work better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are available for brief conversations, ongoing support between sessions, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and daily life while keeping the same therapeutic focus.
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