Dorothy Charest, LMHC, LPC

Dorothy Charest is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Florida. She brings 18 years of experience supporting people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, and relationship concerns. Dorothy aims to make the first step easier by listening and helping you figure out what matters most. Her background includes long experience treating sexually compulsive behaviors and process addictions, along with work on grief, parenting stress, and career strain. She adapts common approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused work to what each person needs. Sessions focus on practical steps, clearer thinking, and skills that can be used outside the therapy hour. Dorothy uses a client-centered stance that puts the person’s goals first. Motivational interviewing is part of her toolkit for people weighing change. Trauma-focused ideas guide work when past hurts are central to current struggles. She mixes these approaches rather than relying on a single method. People who meet with her can expect straightforward conversation and collaborative planning. She aims to offer a nonjudgmental space for talking about painful or embarrassing issues. Progress is tracked with short-term goals and check-ins so people can see what is changing. To begin, prospective clients complete a short questionnaire that helps match needs and goals. From there scheduling is arranged based on the therapist’s availability and the subscription model the service uses.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, understanding your goals, and shaping sessions around what you find most useful. This approach helps when people want a supportive space to talk through relationship concerns, grief, or stress and then choose next steps.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It uses practical exercises and short assignments to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, which can help with anxiety, depression, and some addiction patterns.

Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way to explore readiness for change. It helps people weigh options and build motivation for steps like reducing substance use or changing compulsive behaviors.

Dorothy treats the choice of approach as a team decision. She will talk with each person about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust plans based on what is working. That collaborative process helps find approaches that suit personal preferences and needs.

Check the booking details to confirm the current session options before you schedule, since formats are set by the therapist and the service. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people work with a licensed professional from their region without changing their day too much.