Dolores Cancino

Dolores Cancino is an LCSW with 26 years of practice helping people navigate hard life moments. She draws on long experience in family services, inpatient crisis work, and care with active duty military and veterans. Dolores aims to build a direct, caring relationship so people feel heard and can move forward.

Her background includes work in foster care, adoption, and abuse and neglect cases. She has also supported people with serious mental illness in hospital settings and helped those coping with depression, anxiety, and trauma. Over the years she has worked with caregivers, people facing medical crises, and others facing major life changes.

In sessions she tends to be honest and straightforward while remaining nonjudgmental. She helps people learn more about themselves and the ways they react to stress, anger, grief, and loss. Practical strategies and steady support are part of her approach.

Dolores uses methods that focus on the person in front of her and on clear, goal-oriented steps when helpful. She often combines client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral tools, mindfulness practice, and solution-focused conversations. Motivational interviewing is used when people want to change habits or tackle addictions.

People often seek her help for stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, relationship difficulties, caregiving strain, and anger. She works with clients to set realistic goals and build skills for daily life. Dolores practices in Arizona and holds LCSW credentials.

How Dolores blends approaches online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person without judgment; it helps people feel heard and identify their own goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and offers practical tools to change unhelpful patterns, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and anger. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness and grounding practices to reduce reactivity and ease stress.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Dolores will talk with each person about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust treatment based on what helps. She works together with clients to find strategies that feel useful and realistic for daily life.

Confirm the available session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Video can help build connection, while phone or text can be used when that better matches a person's day. Dolores aims to match her approach and the session style to each person's needs and routines.