Nendler "Dee" Michel, LCSW

Nendler "Dee" Michel is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who welcomes people facing midlife crossroads and other major life shifts. He speaks plainly and listens first, aiming to understand each person's day-to-day struggles before offering suggestions. Dee frames growth as mental, physical, and spiritual, and offers practical steps to help people move toward the life they want.

Dee uses a relaxed, conversational style in sessions. He draws on client-centered work to follow each person's priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps him guide people to see patterns and try small changes in thinking and behavior.

Mindfulness and breathing techniques are offered when helpful to reduce stress and sharpen focus. Motivational interviewing and narrative work are used to clarify goals and rewrite unhelpful stories people carry about themselves. He also blends coaching skills into therapy to support practical problems like sleep, exercise, and basic wellness habits.

Dee has worked in human services for over 24 years, including time supporting people involved with the child welfare and justice systems. That background informs his work with trauma, neglect, substance concerns, and complex family situations. He brings down-to-earth guidance for coping with anxiety, depression, anger, grief, and addiction-related problems.

Sessions aim to build clearer self-understanding and workable next steps. People who want straightforward conversation, tools they can try between sessions, and help sorting life changes may find his approach useful.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on following the person's priorities and building a supportive conversation. It centers on what matters to the client and helps the therapist respond to each person's goals and pace.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems in place and offers concrete experiments to try between sessions. It can help with anxiety, depression, relationship patterns, and practical changes people want to make.

Mindfulness practices teach simple attention and breathing skills that reduce reactivity and improve focus. These techniques often pair well with other approaches when stress or strong emotions are getting in the way of day-to-day functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust over time. This collaborative process helps match tools to what actually helps in a person's life.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow check-ins during workday breaks or evenings. It also lets people use mindfulness or CBT exercises at home and bring real-life situations directly into sessions for practical problem solving.