Dorothy Carskadon, LCSW
Practical, resource-focused counseling for life challenges
Book with DorothyWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
How Dorothy works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Texas, Illinois, Arizona
- Years in practice
- 26
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Dorothy
Dorothy Carskadon is a licensed clinical social worker with 26 years of experience. She brings a practical, resource-based style to sessions and helps people tackle stress, anger, anxiety, and major life changes. Dorothy uses everyday tools and clear explanations to help clients move forward.
She trained at the master level in social work and has long experience in community and clinical settings. Dorothy favors straightforward methods like cognitive behavioral ideas and mindfulness to help clients notice thought patterns and make small, useful changes.
Background and approach
She also draws on emotionally focused strategies to improve how people understand and express feelings. In sessions she shares worksheets, brief exercises, and reading material clients can try between meetings. That resource approach is meant to give people concrete steps instead of vague advice.
Conversations tend to be practical, with check-ins on progress and adjustments when a method isn’t helping. Dorothy describes herself as faith-informed and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. She focuses on problems such as relationship strain, grief, addiction, and coping with chronic illness or life transitions.
She also addresses issues like attachment, communication problems, guilt, and finding life purpose. Her style is collaborative and tailored to each person’s goals. People who want clear strategies, short exercises, and a mix of talking and hands-on tools often find her approach useful.
Sessions are offered through multiple online formats to fit different schedules.
What Dorothy works with
Everything Dorothy lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Dorothy's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Attachment issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Dorothy lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- 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 translate well to online sessions
Client-centered work focuses on the person’s goals and viewpoints, giving space for each person to be heard and for the therapist to respond to what matters most. This approach helps when someone needs support sorting values, identity, or relationship concerns.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches simple exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It’s useful for stress, anxiety, anger, and mood problems because it offers short practices and homework you can try between sessions.
Emotionally-focused techniques help people name and communicate feelings and improve emotional connection with others. This can assist with relationship strain, attachment issues, grief, and healing after trauma.
Finding the right mix is a team effort. Dorothy will work with each person to choose which approaches fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts tools and pacing as progress is reviewed, so the plan can change if something isn’t working.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth, and chat or text can be shorter check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and different routines.
Questions people ask about Dorothy
What concerns can Dorothy help with?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship strain, grief, addictions, and life changes. Additional focuses include attachment issues, chronic illness and pain, codependency, and finding life purpose.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are practical and resource-driven with worksheets and brief exercises. She blends cognitive behavioral ideas, emotionally-focused work, mindfulness, and solution-focused steps to create clear, doable plans.
How much experience does she have?
She has 26 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker. That background includes long-term clinical work and a focus on providing tangible tools to clients.
What credentials and region does she represent?
She holds the credential LCSW and is licensed in Illinois and Texas. Her practice is listed as based in Arizona.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options let clients pick what fits their schedule and communication comfort.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model. Subscriptions can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.