Nendler "Dee" Michel , LCSW

Nendler "Dee" Michel is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 24 years of experience helping individuals and families navigate relationship, mental health, and life transition challenges. He brings a relaxed, conversational style to sessions, taking time to understand the whole person before offering guidance. As an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker), he integrates evidence-based techniques with practical life coaching skills to support growth across mental, physical, and spiritual dimensions.

Dee blends client-centered care with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness practices, using motivational conversation to help clients explore change and build sustainable habits. He works with people facing anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, stress, and parenting or intimacy-related concerns. He also supports career issues, self-esteem, and coping with significant life changes.

With extensive experience in child welfare and work with individuals involved in the justice system, he offers targeted support for adoption and foster care challenges, attachment concerns, blended family dynamics, and recovery from past neglect or trauma. He provides guidance for caregivers, fathers, and those dealing with infidelity, codependency, or substance use in a straightforward, empathetic manner.

Dee aims to increase clients' self-understanding and help them get the outcomes they want by combining practical advice on wellness with therapeutic interventions focused on communication, boundaries, and long-term wellbeing.

Approaches for Virtual Care and Personal Growth

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person without judgment. In practice this means the therapist creates a supportive atmosphere where clients can explore their values, relationships, and goals, making it useful for issues like self-esteem, intimacy, and family concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and develop practical strategies to change them. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and patterns that interfere with daily functioning.

Mindfulness Therapy introduces simple awareness and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation. These techniques can support coping with stress, anger, and cravings, and complement other therapeutic work.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Nendler "Dee" Michel works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods suit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies as progress unfolds.

Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy into busy lives or when in-person visits are difficult. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver consistent care, support short-term problem solving, and maintain ongoing work toward personal goals.