Doris Benrey Boguslavsky, LMHC

Doris Benrey Boguslavsky is an experienced licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing major life changes. With forty years in the field, she focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, intimacy worries, and self-esteem challenges. She speaks English, Spanish, and French.

Doris offers a thoughtful, person-centered approach. She listens closely and helps people name patterns that get in the way of feeling connected and confident. Sessions focus on improving communication, reducing isolation, and addressing feelings of guilt and shame.

She has long experience supporting people through divorce, separation, and blended family adjustments. She also works with those coping with body image, attachment issues, autism spectrum experiences, and immigration-related stress.

Doris brings background from hospital, school, and clinic settings. Early in her career she completed a five-year postgraduate psychoanalytic program focused on child and adolescent psychotherapy, which shaped her understanding of family and development.

Her work includes helping people during midlife transitions and the practical strains of caregiving and parenthood. Sessions aim to build clearer communication, healthier boundaries, and a stronger sense of self.

To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's timetable. Payment uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

Evidence-informed approaches and online care

Many of Doris's methods focus on understanding relationship patterns and helping people change how they relate to themselves and others. One common approach she uses involves exploring attachment patterns to identify how early relationships shape current reactions and closeness difficulties; this can help with intimacy, family conflict, and midlife shifts. Another frequent emphasis is on depth-oriented listening that helps surface long-standing feelings like guilt, shame, or loneliness and connects them to everyday behavior and choices.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She works with each person to identify their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful in session. Together they try different ways of working until a comfortable fit emerges.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the specific session formats available before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing sessions during work breaks or outside regular office hours. It can also offer options for shorter check-ins when that feels most helpful, and it can reduce the need to be on camera when bandwidth or comfort is an issue. Ask about scheduling and technical details when you complete the matching questionnaire to find the arrangement that works best for you.