Michelle LeClear-Dozier

Michelle LeClear-Dozier is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida with 35 years of experience. She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and big life changes. Her approach is warm and straightforward, focused on building practical coping skills and clearer ways to handle day-to-day pressures.

She uses cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Michelle also practices client-centered therapy, which means she listens closely and shapes sessions around each person's needs. Sessions often focus on identifying stressors and strengthening the skills people already have.

Michelle has worked across many areas including parenting, family problems, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, and mood disorders. She helps people of different ages, including children, teens, and adults, to develop problem-solving skills and improve relationship interactions. Her long experience includes supporting those with panic, social anxiety, and bipolar concerns.

In the room she aims to be open-minded, caring, and empathetic. The work is collaborative - she guides but clients set goals and pace. Practical tools, small behavior changes, and skill-building are common parts of the process.

Clients typically leave sessions with clear next steps they can try between meetings. Michelle also draws on her supervisory experience to keep a thoughtful, steady perspective during harder moments. People looking for help with coping and steady support often find this a useful way forward.

How these approaches guide online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the client. The therapist creates space for people to share their experience and then follows their lead while offering support and encouragement. This approach helps when someone needs a safe, nonjudgmental place to sort through feelings.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps people notice thoughts that increase stress or anxiety and try different behaviors to change how they feel. It often includes short exercises or experiments to practice between sessions and can be useful for anxiety, mood shifts, panic, and coping with life changes.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide what feels most useful. Goals, preferences, and what the person wants to change guide the plan, and the approach can be adjusted over time.

Session formats are not listed here, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let someone use tools learned in sessions right away in their daily routine, helping make progress between meetings.