Lisa Dorfman

Lisa Dorfman is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 38 years of clinical experience. She practices in Florida and brings a practical focus to stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, eating concerns, and life transitions. Lisa emphasizes strength building and steady steps toward better functioning. Her background includes work as a therapist and nutrition professional, and she combines talk therapy with attention to body-related issues when helpful. Sessions commonly address motivation, self-esteem, and recovery after injury or loss. Lisa uses a mix of strategies drawn from several therapeutic approaches to match each person’s needs. In the room she aims for clear, direct work. Clients can expect guided conversation, skill teaching, and planning for real-world practice between meetings. Techniques may include breathing and mindfulness exercises, behavioral tools, and targeted processing for trauma-related memories. Lisa often helps people facing high-pressure careers, caregiving strain, and the emotional fallout from major life changes. She also supports issues linked to eating, body image, postpartum challenges, veteran and first responder concerns, and hospice and end-of-life counseling. Her style is collaborative and steady. The focus is on small, achievable steps that add up to lasting change. Lisa encourages people to use their own strengths while learning new ways to cope and move forward.

Approaches that translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship so people can talk through what matters most. It helps with motivation, low self-esteem, and finding personal solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, behaviors, and feelings and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness and can be useful when emotions feel overwhelming.

Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and daily life. That might mean starting with skill work, adding mindfulness, or using targeted trauma processing when needed.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to schedule sessions around work or caregiving, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Many people find therapy carried out remotely lets them practice skills in their real routine and keeps momentum between meetings.