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Dori Grace

Empathy with practical coping skills

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Credentials
LCSW
Experience
3 years
Licensed in
Indiana
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Dori

Dori Grace is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Indiana. She has three years of professional experience and focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting concerns. She also addresses trauma and abuse, addiction, and problems with self-esteem and motivation.

Her approach aims to make talking about hard things simpler. She works to build an open, nonjudgmental space where people can say what they are feeling and thinking.

Background and approach

Sessions focus on practical skills and clearer ways to handle strong emotions and impulses. Dori uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy, a skills-based method that teaches techniques for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication. She draws on that approach when helping clients cope with panic, grief, or life transitions.

She also supports people working through attachment, adoption and foster care issues, and postpartum challenges. Meetings may include conversations about relationships, family patterns, and ways to reduce blame and shame. She also addresses anger, compassion fatigue, and challenges tied to ADHD or disruptive mood patterns.

The aim is to help people find manageable steps toward better day-to-day functioning. If someone wants to start, Dori guides a few initial choices about goals and priorities. From there she helps pick tools and exercises that fit each person’s life.

The focus is on steady progress rather than quick fixes.

DBT skills and online sessions for everyday challenges

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a skills-driven approach that teaches clear tools for managing intense emotions, reducing impulsive behavior, and improving communication. It is often used for stress, panic, impulse control, and mood instability and focuses on concrete steps people can practice between sessions.

In online work, those DBT skills are taught and practiced through conversations, guided exercises, and real-time problem solving. The therapist and client review which skills are helping and adjust the plan together. Choosing the right approach is collaborative - the therapist helps figure out what fits a person’s needs and life, and they try methods that feel useful over time.

Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life. These options allow flexible scheduling, quick check-ins, and different ways to practice skills outside of sessions. The goal is to make care accessible and practical while focusing on steady, usable progress.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist help with?
Dori works with issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting worries, self-esteem, addictions, relationship and family problems, grief, anger, bipolar symptoms, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She keeps sessions straightforward and practical, building a nonjudgmental space and teaching skills that people can use between meetings.
What is her background and experience?
She is a licensed clinical social worker with three years of professional work experience supporting people through a range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
Where is the therapist licensed and located?
She is licensed in Indiana as an LCSW under the registration IN LCSW 34009834A.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule based on the therapist's availability.

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Experience
3 years
Licensed
Indiana
Languages
English

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