Lisa Dorfman, LMHC

Lisa Dorfman is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 38 years of clinical experience. She practices in Florida and brings a combined background in therapy and nutrition to support people facing major life shifts. Lisa focuses on helping people build motivation, manage stress, and regain confidence during difficult transitions.

Her work often centers on issues like anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and eating and body image concerns. She also helps people dealing with relationship strain, career pressures, parenting stress, caregiver burden, and the challenges of midlife change. Clients come for help with practical coping skills as well as deeper emotional work.

Lisa uses a mix of approaches to match a person’s needs. She integrates Client-Centered Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, mindfulness practices, and EMDR. She also draws on nutrition knowledge to address eating and energy issues where relevant.

In sessions she focuses on clear goals and step-by-step progress. Conversations tend to be straightforward and focused on building skills, shifting unhelpful patterns, and increasing self-compassion. She encourages practical actions clients can try between meetings.

Lisa welcomes people who want to tackle life changes and perform at their personal best. Her style balances direct guidance with warmth, and she helps people use their existing strengths to move forward.

How Lisa’s approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation where the therapist follows the client’s lead to clarify goals and priorities. This approach helps when someone needs a safe place to sort feelings and decide next steps.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. CBT is useful for people who want concrete tools and short-term skill building.

EMDR is a method that uses structured processing to help people move through traumatic memories and reduce their impact. It can be helpful for people coping with past trauma or post-traumatic stress when paired with careful preparation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, history, and preferences, and then recommend which methods to try first. That decision is collaborative and may change as progress is made.

Confirm the current session formats before booking, since this profile does not list specific options. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for flexible check-ins when life is hectic. It also lets people use different therapeutic tools in ways that match their daily routine.