Dorothy Carskadon, LCSW

Dorothy Carskadon is an LCSW with more than two decades of counseling experience. She uses straightforward, practical methods to help people facing stress and anxiety. Dorothy aims to be a steady resource and guide during difficult times.

She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. She also uses client-centered and emotionally-focused approaches to help people name their feelings and strengthen important relationships. Mindfulness and solution-focused techniques appear in sessions to build small, useful habits and set clear goals.

Dorothy describes herself as a resource counselor and often shares worksheets, handouts, and reading suggestions. These materials are intended to support work between sessions and to help people practice new skills in everyday life. She welcomes conversations about values and meaning and integrates those themes into practical steps.

Her background includes work with many life challenges such as trauma, grief, addiction, family conflict, and coping with illness or disability. People come to her for help with anger, low mood, relationship strain, and questions about life purpose. The work is collaborative and paced to the person’s needs.

Dorothy practices in Arizona and holds the licensed clinical social worker credential, LCSW. Sessions are conducted in English. If a reader wants to begin, the next step is to use the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire to schedule based on therapist availability.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the person feels heard and understood; online sessions keep that same conversational style and let the therapist follow the client’s lead. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; remotely this often involves reviewing worksheets, tracking situations, and practicing new responses between meetings. Emotionally-focused work centers on identifying and shifting patterns that affect relationships, using guided conversation to strengthen emotional connection and communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, comfort level, and daily routines. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

The original biography does not specify session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into daily life, reduce travel time, and allow brief check-ins when needed. It also makes sharing worksheets and resources straightforward, which fits Dorothy’s resource-oriented style.