Dorothy Charest is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor with 18 years of clinical experience.
01About Dorothy
Dorothy Charest is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor with 18 years of clinical experience. She practices in Florida and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns. Dorothy keeps language straightforward and aims to make the first contact easy for those feeling overwhelmed.
Her approach is practical and adaptable. She draws on Client-Centered Therapy to prioritize each person’s goals and perspective.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools are used to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change when motivation feels low. Dorothy also uses Solution-Focused and Trauma-Focused approaches when those fit a person’s needs.
Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented, with steps that are easy to try between meetings. She pays attention to issues like compulsive sexual behavior, process addictions, phobias, and personality-related challenges when they are present. She works with people facing grief, intimacy concerns, parenting stress, workplace strain, compassion fatigue, and identity-related stressors such as LGBT issues.
Conversations are carried out in clear, nonjudgmental language so goals and progress are easy to follow. Practical coping skills and short-term strategies are common parts of the work. People who prefer flexible, conversational therapy tend to fit well.
Dorothy can offer video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging sessions. That range allows therapy to fit different schedules and communication styles.
02Credentials
- LPC (Virginia)
- License 0701004762 · expires June 2026
- LMHC (Florida)
- License MH17918 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1003179441 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Dorothy lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
Methods Dorothy names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
These are the methods Dorothy names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How therapy approaches adapt to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters to the person. Online sessions can use this approach to clarify priorities and build practical goals in a conversational way. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and works on small experiments and skill practice. Online meetings make it easy to review homework, try thought records, and check progress in follow-up messages.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dorothy will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past. Together they choose techniques that match those needs and adjust them over time based on what feels useful.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls let visual cues guide the conversation and allow face-to-face interaction when helpful. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support ongoing contact, quick reflections between sessions, and flexibility for busy schedules. These options make it easier to fit therapy into daily life while using the therapeutic approaches that best suit each person.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Dorothy help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and addictions, including process and sex-related addictions. She also addresses relationship strain, grief, parenting stress, and self-esteem challenges.
What is Dorothy's therapy style like?
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. Sessions focus on clear goals, practical skills, and steps to try between meetings.
What background does she bring to sessions?
She brings 18 years of clinical experience and a history of working with trauma, mood concerns, and compulsive behaviors.
Where is Dorothy licensed and based?
She is licensed as an LMHC and as an LPC and practices in Florida.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy can be provided by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Dorothy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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