- Skill-based worksheets
- Strengths-focused care
- LGBTQ+ affirming
About Dorothy
Dorothy Carskadon is an LCSW with over two decades of clinical experience. She draws on long-term practice to help people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, and other life changes. Dorothy aims to offer clear tools and practical materials people can use between sessions.
She favors approaches that help people notice what they already do well and build on those strengths. Sessions may include work on thoughts and behaviors, learning to name emotions, and setting small, doable goals. Dorothy often provides worksheets, handouts, videos, and reading links so clients can practice outside of sessions.
Dorothy describes herself as a resource counselor who tailors help to the person in front of her. She uses ideas from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral methods, emotionally-focused approaches, mindfulness, and solution-focused strategies to guide each plan. Therapy focuses on skills people can try right away to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.
Her background includes extensive years of practice and a Master of Social Work degree. She lists experience helping people with addictions, trauma and abuse, attachment concerns, chronic illness and pain, codependency, communication problems, and life-purpose questions. She also offers support around family issues, fatherhood topics, and end-of-life matters.
Sessions are in English and she practices from Arizona. Dorothy notes that she identifies as Christian and affirms LGBTQ+ clients. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to her availability.
She favors approaches that help people notice what they already do well and build on those strengths. Sessions may include work on thoughts and behaviors, learning to name emotions, and setting small, doable goals. Dorothy often provides worksheets, handouts, videos, and reading links so clients can practice outside of sessions.
Dorothy describes herself as a resource counselor who tailors help to the person in front of her. She uses ideas from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral methods, emotionally-focused approaches, mindfulness, and solution-focused strategies to guide each plan. Therapy focuses on skills people can try right away to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.
Her background includes extensive years of practice and a Master of Social Work degree. She lists experience helping people with addictions, trauma and abuse, attachment concerns, chronic illness and pain, codependency, communication problems, and life-purpose questions. She also offers support around family issues, fatherhood topics, and end-of-life matters.
Sessions are in English and she practices from Arizona. Dorothy notes that she identifies as Christian and affirms LGBTQ+ clients. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to her availability.
This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.