About Nendler
Nendler "Dee" Michel welcomes people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to move forward. He offers calm, conversational sessions that focus on the whole person and practical next steps. Dee speaks plainly and aims to make sessions feel like problem-solving conversations rather than lectures.
Dee uses a person-centered way of working that starts by getting to know each individual's story. He blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new approaches.
How Nendler works
Sessions often include breathing or brief meditation exercises and straightforward strategies for daily life. He brings 24 years of experience in human services to his work. Much of that time has involved support within child welfare and justice-related settings.
This background informs how he talks about trauma, addiction, and recovery in down-to-earth terms. Dee also incorporates life-coaching ideas and practical health guidance from his experience in nutrition, fitness, and wellness. That can mean setting clear goals, breaking them into small steps, and tracking progress between sessions.
People come for help with relationships, parenting, career decisions, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, grief, substance use, and coping with life changes. Dee focuses on helping people make manageable changes, rebuild confidence, and create routines that feel sustainable. Sessions are offered from New York and run in a straightforward, supportive style.
He encourages clients to bring real problems and real questions so the work stays useful and grounded.
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What Nendler works with
The areas below are the ones Nendler selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 24 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How Dee Uses Evidence-Based Approaches Online
Dee commonly blends Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to support people working through stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, and addiction recovery. Client-Centered Therapy means the conversation starts with your experience and priorities, and the therapist follows your lead to build trust and clarity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.He also draws on Mindfulness Therapy in sessions, teaching simple breathing and grounding practices that help manage intense feelings and improve focus. Those short exercises can be used between sessions to calm the mind and practice being present.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Dee treats this as a collaborative process and will adjust techniques based on your goals and how you respond. He welcomes questions and tries short experiments in session so you can see what helps.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video lets you have face-to-face conversations and use shared materials. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good option for checking in. Live chat and text messaging support shorter check-ins or quick coaching-style guidance between longer sessions.
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