Dorie Scofield, LMFT - Therapist in Missouri

About Dorie

Dorie Scofield is a licensed marriage and family therapist who centers her work on relationships and family life. She uses practical, relationship-focused methods to help parents and individuals handle day-to-day struggles. Dorie speaks plainly with clients and looks for realistic steps families can try between sessions.

She draws on 33 years of clinical experience and an emphasis on family systems. That perspective keeps conversations grounded in how patterns between people affect behavior and feelings.

Background and approach

She blends attachment ideas with cognitive techniques and narrative work to address what happens inside homes. Parents often come for help with parenting challenges, blended family problems, or fatherhood issues. She also supports people dealing with grief, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, stress, anger, and intimacy-related concerns.

Other common focuses include adoption and foster care, fertility questions, communication problems, and family of origin issues. With children and teens, she has used play-based approaches and cognitive behavioral techniques to make change feel accessible. For adults, she uses narrative and attachment perspectives to untangle long-standing patterns and build healthier connections.

Sessions aim for clear goals and simple tools people can use at home. Dorie holds the LMFT credential, licensed in Missouri under MO LMFT 2020010321. She provides services in English and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

The practice is geared toward families and parents seeking practical support and clearer communication.

Approaches that translate well to online family work

Attachment-based work helps families see how early bonds shape current reactions. It focuses on safety and clear emotional connection and is useful for issues like attachment problems, separation, and intimacy-related concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It offers simple skills for anxiety, depression, anger, and stress that families can practice between sessions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to the family's goals and try methods that fit those needs. Together they decide whether attachment, CBT, or narrative ideas best match the situation and adjust as progress is made.

Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy family life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when schedules conflict. Phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging provide flexible options for shorter check-ins, homework support, or when in-person meetings are not practical. These formats help families access consistent help while balancing work, school, and home routines.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Narrative Therapy

Looking at the story you have come to tell about yourself, and where it came from. The work is in separating the problem from your identity and finding accounts that fit you better.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

Dorie works with relationship and family issues, parenting challenges, grief, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, stress, anger, intimacy-related problems, and related concerns such as adoption, blended family issues, and fatherhood questions.

What is her general therapeutic style?

She uses a family systems perspective combined with attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, narrative methods, and trauma-focused strategies. Sessions focus on clear steps and communication patterns within families.

How long has she been practicing?

She has 33 years of clinical experience working with individuals, children, teens, and families on relational and emotional concerns.

Where is she licensed and what are her credentials?

She is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Missouri with the LMFT credential, license number MO LMFT 2020010321.

What languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

Which session formats are offered?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How is cost handled for therapy?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Grief

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 33 years
Licensed: Missouri
Languages: English

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