Dwanne Clayton, LCSW, CSW

Florida · 5 years in practice

Dwanne Clayton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, and self-esteem struggles.

License and registration

LCSW, Florida: SW20823 · expires March 2027
LCSW, Georgia: CSW009063 · expires September 2026
NPI: 1881092898 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 5
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Dwanne

Dwanne Clayton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, and self-esteem struggles. She works with adults on issues like grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, parenting strain, career stress, and ADHD. Her approach is practical and direct, aimed at helping clients move toward clearer goals and steadier days.

Dwanne uses tools from Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at how emotions shape relationships and personal patterns.

Background and approach

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts, commit to values-based actions, and build new habits. Sessions focus on what matters to the client and on small steps that make daily life more manageable. She believes clients bring strengths and knowledge about their own lives.

Conversations are collaborative and goal-driven, with space to process strong feelings and practice new ways of coping. Dwanne helps people name where they get stuck, try different responses, and track what changes work for them. With five years of direct therapy experience, Dwanne combines practical strategies with a calm, supportive stance.

She offers short-term coaching-style work and longer-term therapy depending on needs. Her work includes attention to relationships, sexual identity and LGBT concerns, blended family dynamics, caregiving stress, body image, and other areas listed in her specialties. Beginning therapy is often hard, and she acknowledges that step.

People who want straightforward guidance, emotional focus, and practical skills often find this approach helpful.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Dwanne lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Self esteem
Depression
LGBT
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Blended family issues
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Emptiness
Family problems
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Narcissism
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Traumatic brain injury
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Dwanne names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches for online growth

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps clients notice and work with strong emotions that drive relationship patterns and personal reactions. It often focuses on identifying core feelings and creating new ways to respond that improve closeness and emotional safety. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches people to notice thoughts without getting stuck and to take actions that align with personal values, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work together with the client to decide which methods fit best for their goals and preferences. That process can involve trying different techniques and checking what feels most helpful as work progresses.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from a distance, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, manage follow-up between sessions, and maintain contact when in-person visits are difficult.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Dwanne help with?

Dwanne supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family conflict, self-esteem, grief, trauma and intimacy-related issues among other concerns listed in her specialties.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style is collaborative and goal-oriented, blending emotional processing with skills practice to help clients try new behaviors and manage difficult feelings.

What is her background and experience?

She has five years of direct therapy experience and has worked professionally in social work for a longer period, offering a mix of short-term coaching and longer-term support.

Where is she licensed and based?

She practices in Florida and holds Licensed Clinical Social Worker credentials, listed as LCSW and CSW, with licensure noted for FL and GA.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

She meets with clients via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How does cost and billing work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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