Doriece Choy, LCSW
Compassionate, narrative-informed clinical social worker
Details
| Name | Doriece Choy |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LCSW |
| Based in | Illinois |
| Licensed in | Illinois, Indiana |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 13 |
About Doriece
Doriece Choy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 13 years of experience as a therapist. She uses a narrative-informed, strengths-focused style that helps people tell their story and find clearer ways forward. Her approach aims to build confidence and hope in practical steps people can use day to day.
Doriece encourages clients to lead the conversation. She listens for patterns that shape how someone sees themselves. Then she helps name those patterns and try new ways of thinking and acting.
Background and approach
Sessions are paced to match what each person needs that week. Her work covers many common struggles, including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and parenting strain. She also supports people facing attachment wounds, adoption or foster care questions, family-of-origin problems, and caregiver burnout.
Doriece pays attention to how relationships and past experiences affect current choices. Therapy with Doriece blends Narrative methods with client-centered attention, cognitive-behavioral tools, and emotion regulation skills adapted from dialectical approaches. That mix keeps sessions practical while honoring each person’s lived story.
The focus is on small changes that add up. People who come to Doriece can expect a straightforward, respectful tone and concrete suggestions to try between sessions. She frames progress as learning - one decision at a time.
Her practice is based in Illinois, and she works with people across locations by offering flexible online formats.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem among the things Doriece works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Doriece among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Doriece among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Doriece among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Doriece among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Doriece among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Doriece among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Doriece among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Doriece among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Doriece among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Doriece 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 Doriece directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Narrative and Attachment Work Online
Online therapy with Doriece draws on Narrative Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas alongside client-centered care. Narrative Therapy helps people examine the stories they tell about themselves. It supports rewriting those stories in ways that match values and goals, useful for depression, low self-esteem, and identity concerns. Attachment-Based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps with trust, closeness, and reactions to loss or abandonment by naming those patterns and practicing new relational responses.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Doriece will listen to your goals and suggest ways to combine narrative reflection, attachment insight, and practical skill work. Together you’ll decide what to try and check in about what helps as therapy progresses.
Practical benefits of online formats include flexibility and easier scheduling. Video calls recreate a face-to-face conversation for deeper work, while phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, skill practice, and notes between sessions. These options let people keep therapy consistent around busy days and changing routines.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Doriece works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, parenting strain, relationship issues, and related concerns such as attachment problems and caregiver stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is narrative-informed and client-centered, with practical tools from cognitive-behavioral and dialectical approaches. Sessions focus on your story and on trying small, manageable changes.
How much experience does she have?
She has worked as a therapist for 13 years and brings that experience into sessions to help people navigate life changes and recurring struggles.
Where is she licensed and based?
Doriece is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with licenses in Illinois and Indiana and practices from an Illinois location.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, and she also accepts clients located outside the United States.
What session formats does she offer?
Sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication needs.
How are costs and subscriptions handled?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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