Michelle LeClear-Dozier
Compassionate, experienced LCSW focused on practical change
LCSW Florida
- Experience
- 35 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Michelle
Michelle LeClear-Dozier is a Florida licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 35 years of professional experience helping people manage depression, stress, anxiety, and the aftermath of trauma. She blends practical skill-building with empathic support to help clients identify stressors and develop strengths and healthier coping strategies.
Background and approach
Working with children, teens, and adults, she draws on proven techniques to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Her practice places emphasis on relationships, parenting concerns, and family dynamics while addressing issues such as grief, addictions, eating and intimacy-related difficulties, and mood disorders.
Michelle uses cognitive behavioral therapy methods alongside a client-centered stance to tailor sessions to each person’s needs. She values an open-minded, caring, and collaborative style that helps clients set and pursue life and relationship goals.
With a supportive approach she assists clients in processing past trauma, learning new problem-solving methods, and strengthening communication and relationship skills.
Practical Approaches for Online Growth and Healing
Michelle integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, panic, and mood disturbances; it is often used to develop concrete coping skills and problem-solving strategies. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathic listening and collaboration, creating space for clients to explore feelings and goals while feeling heard and respected.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Michelle treats approach selection as collaborative. She will work with each client to determine which methods fit best based on individual needs, goals, and preferences, and adjust techniques over time as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These options allow clients to access therapy from home or other convenient locations and to choose formats that match their comfort level and daily routines.
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Experience
35+ years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English