Michelle LeClear-Dozier, LCSW

Michelle LeClear-Dozier is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 35 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with anxiety, stress, depression, and life transitions. Michelle keeps things direct and practical so busy parents can find ways to cope and move forward.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients spot unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of responding. She also practices client-centered therapy, which means she listens closely and adapts to each person’s needs. Sessions emphasize skills people can use between meetings, like coping strategies and behavior changes.

Michelle brings long experience with relationship and family concerns, parenting stress, grief, trauma, and mood disorders. She helps people identify stressors, build strengths, and improve problem-solving. Her approach is caring and collaborative, aimed at steady progress rather than quick fixes.

She supports people dealing with addictions, eating and intimacy-related issues, anger, self-esteem, career concerns, ADHD, panic and social anxiety, and women's issues. Michelle works from Florida and communicates in English.

Therapy sessions may include short-term problem solving or longer work on trauma and mood regulation. She focuses on practical steps clients can try between appointments to see real change. The tone is empathetic and goal-focused, with attention to what matters most to each person.

How CBT and Client-Centered Work Translate Online

Michelle often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy online to help clients notice thoughts that worsen anxiety or depression and to practice different responses. CBT sessions focus on clear steps and homework tasks that people can try between meetings to reduce panic, social anxiety, or negative mood.

She also uses client-centered therapy, which centers on listening and adapting to each person’s pace. That approach is useful for building trust, working through grief or trauma, and shaping goals that feel achievable to the individual.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they test methods and adjust the plan as progress is tracked.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction when schedules allow, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be used for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates or coping reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep consistent momentum between sessions.