- Systems perspective
- CBT strategies
- Attachment focus
About Dorie
Dorie Scofield is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in Missouri. She focuses on emotional and relational concerns, and she helps people facing issues like anxiety, depression, grief, and struggles around parenting and relationships. Her long career is grounded in practical, straightforward work aimed at helping clients move forward.
She uses Attachment-Based ideas to look at how early connections shape current relationships. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Narrative Therapy is part of her approach too, helping people reframe the stories they tell about themselves.
Over 33 years she has worked with adults, teens, and children on topics such as anger, motivation, social difficulties, self-esteem, and career exploration. She has experience addressing adoption and foster care themes, blended family challenges, and fatherhood issues. She also supports people dealing with abandonment, attachment, fertility, and forgiveness concerns.
Her background includes training in play therapy and cognitive-behavioral techniques useful with children. She describes her work as encouraging clients to aim for their highest potential while tackling real-life problems in the moment. Sessions emphasize clear goals, practical strategies, and steady progress.
People who choose her can expect a relational, systems-minded therapist who combines structured tools with attention to life story. To begin, readers should confirm current session options and scheduling before booking.
How her approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and patterns of closeness and distance; it can help when trust, commitment, or intimacy feel difficult. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing the behaviors that keep problems going, which is practical for anxiety, depression, and stress. Narrative Therapy helps people separate themselves from painful stories and rewrite how they see their struggles and strengths.Deciding which approach to use is part of the early work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to match methods to goals, needs, and preferences, and adjust the plan as progress is made. That means experiment, feedback, and joint decisions about what helps most.
Confirm the available session options before booking so you know how she is currently meeting with people. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example a check-in that does not require travel, or a shorter session that fits a lunch break. Phone sessions may be simpler when bandwidth is limited, while video visits let the therapist and client use gestures and facial cues during conversations. Ask about formats during the scheduling step to find what fits day-to-day routines.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help address?
She helps with relationship and family concerns, grief, parenting stress, self-esteem, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, career questions, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style blends a systems-minded, relational approach with practical tools from cognitive behavioral and narrative methods to set goals and try out new ways of relating.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 33 years of clinical experience working with adults, teens, and children across a wide range of emotional and relational issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - licensed in Missouri and practices there.
Can I work with her if I live outside the U.S.?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options with the service before booking so you know which formats are offered at the time of scheduling.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.