- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
About Dorie
Dorie Scofield is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in Missouri with 33 years of experience. She works with relationship and family concerns and with individual adults on grief, parenting, self-esteem, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, and life changes. Dorie also addresses career questions, compassion fatigue, and intimacy-related issues.
Dorie frames problems using family systems ideas and pays attention to how relationships shape feelings. She uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at patterns of closeness and distance. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Narrative Therapy to help people notice patterns and tell clearer, less blaming stories about themselves. Trauma-Focused Therapy is part of her approach when past harm shapes current reactions.
In practice she talks through concrete behaviors and the thoughts that feed them. She helps people name painful feelings like shame, guilt, or anger and then looks at what keeps those feelings active. With parenting and blended family concerns she focuses on practical communication and boundaries. For grief and loss she clears space to remember what matters while managing everyday responsibilities.
Dorie has experience with adoption and foster care, attachment issues, abandonment, fertility and fatherhood concerns, and family of origin problems. She also addresses body image, commitment issues, control problems, and dependent personality patterns. Her work includes coaching around career and life calling.
She offers therapy in English and practices in Missouri as an LMFT. Before booking, readers should confirm current session formats and scheduling details through the matching and scheduling steps provided by the site.
How therapy methods translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how connection and safety in relationships affect feelings and behavior. Online sessions can be used to map those interaction patterns and practice new ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing different behaviors. In online sessions clients and the therapist can use worksheets and structured exercises to notice thought-action links.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss a client's needs, goals, and preferences and together they will decide which methods to try first. That collaborative decision can change as the work develops and new issues come up.
This profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Many people find online sessions help fit therapy into a busy day, require less travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Online work can make it easier to schedule around work or family commitments and to bring concrete examples from daily life into the conversation.
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Experience
33+ years
Listed in
Missouri
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Dorie works with relationship and family issues and with individuals on grief, parenting, self-esteem, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, stress, and coping with life changes.
How would she approach shame or guilt?
She uses family systems ideas along with Attachment-Based, Cognitive Behavioral, and Narrative approaches to help name shame or guilt, see the patterns that keep them active, and try different responses.
How much experience does she have?
She has 33 years of clinical experience working with marriage, family, parenting, and individual emotional concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LMFT practicing in Missouri. The credential is spelled out as Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Confirm current session options before booking by using the site's matching and scheduling steps, as the original biography does not specify formats.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing the short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session through the site.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.