Works with
- Anger
- Addictions
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Compassion fatigue
How Dorothy works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California, Arizona
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Dorothy
Dorothy Pedro is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years as an LCSW. She focuses on helping people manage anger and related struggles like stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship problems. Her approach is practical and direct, aimed at helping worried parents and adults find usable steps they can try right away.
She spent much of her career in acute care hospitals, supporting people through trauma, suicide loss, and life-changing illness.
Background and approach
Those years shaped her ability to stay calm in crises and help people make decisions for themselves and their families. Dorothy also used motivational interviewing to help people set goals and move forward during chaotic times. Dorothy has experience coordinating with schools, courts, and child services and has provided couples work, family-focused sessions, and group facilitation.
She ran a school-based homeless program that combined counseling, home visits, meals, and resource connection for families facing hardship. Those roles taught her to balance practical supports with emotional care. Her clinical work draws on systems thinking and attachment ideas to spot where small changes can create bigger shifts in family life.
She blends client-centered listening with proven tools from cognitive behavioral and acceptance-based therapies to help clients change thoughts and behaviors that fuel anger and conflict. Dorothy meets people where they are and treats therapy as teamwork. She adapts the intensity of intervention to each situation, offering brief check-ins or more focused work depending on need.
If another specialist would better help, she will make a clear referral so the person gets the right support.
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.
- Addictions
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Dorothy lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Online approaches that help manage anger and stress
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values; it can be useful for anger, grief, and major life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and patterns and practicing small behavior changes to reduce reactivity and improve sleep, mood, and relationships. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they affect current connections, which can clarify triggers around intimacy, communication, and family roles.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dorothy will collaborate with each person to choose methods that suit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts from brief supportive contacts to longer focused sessions as the situation requires, and revisits the plan together if something isn’t working.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines and comfort levels. Video is helpful for more in-depth conversations and skill practice, phone can be a simpler check-in or when bandwidth is limited, and messaging supports brief updates or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to keep momentum while juggling parenting, work, or care responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Dorothy
What concerns does Dorothy commonly address?
She supports people with anger, stress, anxiety, grief, addictions, relationship and family difficulties, depression, bipolar symptoms, sleep and eating issues, career strain, ADHD, and other life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and calm with a focus on teamwork. She listens closely, helps set realistic goals, and adapts between brief and more intensive support.
What is her background and experience?
She brings 25 years as a licensed clinical social worker and many years working in acute care hospitals with trauma, grief, and life-changing illness.
Which credentials and region apply to this therapist?
She is an LCSW licensed in California and Arizona and practices from Arizona.
What languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does billing and cost work for therapy?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a time based on the therapist's availability.