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 stressed, anxious, grieving, or facing changes in mood and behavior. Michelle aims to make therapy straightforward and practical, helping clients build coping skills and strengthen relationships.

Michelle uses clear, hands-on methods to identify stressors and develop ways to manage them. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more constructive actions. Her client-centered approach keeps each person’s goals at the center of the work.

She has a long history of supporting people with depression, anxiety, panic, and post-traumatic stress. Michelle also helps with parenting concerns, relationship difficulties, eating issues, addiction, and challenges tied to identity and intimacy. Her background includes work across mood disorders and social anxiety as well.

In sessions she emphasizes openness, empathy, and practical problem-solving. Clients can expect a collaborative process that looks at patterns and builds new skills. Michelle encourages small, steady changes that fit into daily life.

Her practice in Florida includes work aimed at reducing symptoms and improving day-to-day functioning. Michelle helps people identify strengths and use them to meet their goals. She welcomes questions about how her approaches might fit a person’s situation.

How her approaches guide online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters to the individual. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects understanding, and helps people identify their own goals and strengths. This approach supports people who need a safe, nonjudgmental space to talk through feelings.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses practical exercises and small behavioral changes to reduce anxiety, panic symptoms, low mood, and unhelpful patterns. CBT is often useful for problem-solving and building daily coping skills.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She adapts sessions as progress is made, and checks in regularly to make sure the plan still fits.

Because session formats are not specified here, confirm current online options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people work steadily on skills between appointments, using talking and practical exercises to address trauma, anxiety, and relationship concerns.