Lisa Dorfman

Lisa Dorfman is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 38 years of experience. She works with people who want to improve performance, manage stress, or recover from trauma. Her background combines mental health care and nutrition to look at health and functioning together.

She takes a holistic approach that blends talking therapy with practical skills. Lisa uses client-centered listening alongside methods such as EMDR, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and mindfulness. She also draws on breathing techniques, nutrition principles, and energy work when relevant to a person's goals.

In sessions she focuses on building motivation, self-esteem, and confidence. She helps clients identify strengths and use those strengths to move past obstacles. Expect straightforward conversation and hands-on strategies that can be practiced between meetings.

Lisa has worked with people aiming to optimize sports performance and with those facing career or life transitions. She also supports people dealing with anxiety, depression, eating and body-image concerns, grief, trauma, anger, and caregiver stress. Her experience extends to first responder and veteran issues as well as postpartum and end-of-life concerns.

She offers services from Florida and is licensed to practice as an LMHC in Florida and Utah. Sessions are conducted in English and international clients may be accepted. To begin, clients use the site Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters to a person, so online sessions often feel like an open conversation that follows the client's lead and priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions, and teaches simple skills to change unhelpful patterns; it works well for anxiety, depression, and stress management. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is an approach aimed at processing traumatic memories and easing their emotional impact through guided procedures and focused attention.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match goals, comfort, and what they want to change. That choice can shift over time as progress is made and new needs appear.

The biography does not list specific session formats here, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, shorten travel time, and allow people to continue care when schedules or locations change. It also supports regular check-ins and skill practice between meetings, helping tools from CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and EMDR be used in everyday routines.