- Attachment patterns
- Cognitive behavioral tools
- Narrative techniques
About Dorie
Dorie Scofield is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in Missouri with 33 years of clinical experience. She focuses on relationship and family concerns and also addresses grief, parenting, self-esteem, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and related struggles.
She often uses a family systems perspective to understand how relationships affect feelings and behavior. That means she pays attention to patterns between people and how those patterns keep problems going. She combines that with approaches such as cognitive behavioral strategies and narrative ideas to help people change unhelpful thoughts and tell their stories differently.
Dorie has worked with a wide range of ages and life stages. She has experience with issues that include peer pressure, social awkwardness, bullying, learning differences, and motivation. She also has background in work with adoption and foster care, blended family concerns, fatherhood issues, and fertility or parenting challenges.
With children she has training in play-based methods alongside cognitive and behavioral techniques. In adult work she addresses intimacy-related issues, commitment worries, anger, career questions, and coping with life changes. Her practice also takes on grief, depression, compassion fatigue, and family of origin concerns.
Clients can expect straightforward conversations that look at relationships and practical ways to change patterns. The therapist encourages goal-focused work and helps people identify concrete steps for daily life. To begin, follow the service's matching and scheduling process to arrange a first session.
How her approaches translate to remote sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships and current bonds shape feelings and expectations. In a session this can mean naming connection patterns and practicing different ways of relating that reduce repeated conflict. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online CBT sessions often include short behavioral tasks and thought records to try between meetings, which can help with anxiety, low mood, and stress. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with clients about goals and preferences, then help decide which methods to try first. That choice is collaborative and can shift as needs change. Confirm the exact session options before booking, since formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make fitting therapy into a busy life easier by removing travel time and allowing sessions from a convenient location. It can also allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, or use of audio-only options when video is not preferable. These practical benefits help people keep consistency while working on relationships, anxiety, grief, or parenting concerns.Areas of expertise
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Experience
33+ years
Listed in
Missouri
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps with relationship and family issues plus anxiety, grief, parenting, self-esteem, stress, trauma and related topics.
What is her therapy style?
She draws on a family systems perspective and uses cognitive behavioral and narrative approaches to address thoughts, stories, and relationship patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has 33 years of clinical experience working with individuals, children, teens, and families.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is an LMFT licensed in Missouri and practices with that credential in the state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.