Dorie Scofield, LMFT
Narrative-minded therapist with family focus
Details
| Name | Dorie Scofield |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LMFT |
| Based in | Missouri |
| Licensed in | Missouri |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 33 |
About Dorie
Dorie Scofield is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Missouri. She brings 33 years of experience helping people sort through relationship pain, grief, parenting stress, anxiety, and life changes. Her work is calm, direct, and focused on practical steps people can use between sessions.
Dorie usually blends Narrative approaches with attachment ideas and cognitive-behavioral tools. She listens for the stories people tell about themselves and their relationships, then helps rewrite those stories into ones that make room for change.
Background and approach
She also draws on trauma-focused techniques when past hurts make it hard to move forward. In sessions she helps with relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting and blended-family issues, grief and loss, and workplace or career questions. She addresses specific topics such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment issues, and fatherhood concerns in straightforward terms.
She also works with anger, body image, forgiveness, and coping skills for stress and compassion fatigue. Dorie has experience with adults, teens, and children in clinical settings, and she uses play-based and cognitive tools when working with young people. Her approach emphasizes clear goals, short-term interventions when helpful, and coaching-style guidance for practical problems.
People meet her for help communicating better, reducing anxiety, managing grief, or making decisions about relationships and parenting. She encourages small experiments between sessions to test new ways of relating and thinking.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Grief among the things Dorie works with, alongside the areas below.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Dorie among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Dorie among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Dorie among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Dorie directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Dorie directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Narrative and Attachment Work Online
Video and phone sessions offer a good space for Narrative Therapy, which helps people notice the stories they tell about themselves. In a Narrative approach the therapist listens for repeating themes and helps people try new ways of naming problems and seeing choices. This can be useful for relationship patterns, self-esteem concerns, and life transitions.Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape current responses. In online sessions the therapist helps identify those patterns, build awareness, and practice different ways of connecting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and gives straightforward tools to manage anxiety, depression, and stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client will decide together which methods fit best for the client's goals and preferences. That process is collaborative and can change as things improve or new issues arise.
Online therapy offers practical benefits like flexible scheduling and options for different communication styles. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat can work for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing coaching and brief updates. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and to keep steady progress between meetings.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does she address?
Dorie works with relationship issues, parenting and family challenges, grief, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, stress, and career questions. She also helps with topics like adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, and forgiveness.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She blends Narrative Therapy with attachment-focused ideas and cognitive-behavioral techniques. The style is collaborative and practical, focusing on changing unhelpful stories and building new skills.
What is her background and experience?
She has 33 years of clinical experience working in marriage and family therapy settings. That experience includes work with adults, teens, and children across relational and emotional concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the credential LMFT and practices in Missouri as a licensed marriage and family therapist.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she offer online?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions are billed through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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