Works with
How Dominique works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Massachusetts
- Years in practice
- 4
- Languages
- English, Spanish, French
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Dominique
Dominique Decoster is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) who helps people manage stress, anger, anxiety, depression, and addictions. She also supports clients coping with trauma, grief, sleep or eating struggles, and challenges with self-esteem and bipolar mood concerns. Dominique speaks English, Spanish, and French and practices from Massachusetts.
Her style is straightforward and practical. She listens first and helps people name what feels most urgent. Sessions focus on skills people can use between meetings.
Background and approach
Dominique blends empathy with hands-on tools to make change feel doable. Dominique trained with a Master of Social Work and completed internships in a correctional facility and a cancer center. Early in her career she worked as a clinic therapist.
For many years she has worked as a social worker in a public defender's office, providing services to people facing criminal charges. She uses several well-known approaches while tailoring them to each person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people see how thoughts and behaviors connect.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy builds skills for handling strong emotions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes being heard and respected. People looking for practical strategies and steady support may find her approach helpful.
Dominique focuses on small, concrete steps that fit daily life. She works collaboratively to set goals and track progress over time.
What Dominique works with
Everything Dominique lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Dominique's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Fatherhood issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
Approaches Dominique lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Dominique often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, or anger. Dialectical Behavior Therapy focuses on building emotion-regulation and distress-tolerance skills for times of intense feeling. She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy to make sure each person feels heard and respected as goals are set.Finding the right approach is a team effort. Dominique talks with each person about their goals and day-to-day needs, then suggests approaches to try. She adapts methods over time, checking in to see what is working and what needs change so the plan fits the client.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make weekly work easier to fit into life. Video calls let people work face to face when that feels helpful. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messages are useful for brief check-ins or shorter homework support. These options let people practice skills between sessions and stay connected without long commutes.
Questions people ask about Dominique
What concerns does Dominique commonly address?
She supports people dealing with stress, anger, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, grief, sleep and eating difficulties, and self-esteem or bipolar concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and direct. She listens first, then focuses on skills and steps clients can use between sessions.
What background and experience does she bring?
She holds a Master of Social Work and has worked as a clinic therapist and for many years as a social worker in a public defender's office.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a LICSW - Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker - and practices in Massachusetts.
Which languages does she offer sessions in?
Sessions are offered in English, Spanish, and French.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexible online care.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in starting therapy?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.