Dorothy Frazier, LCSW-R

Dorothy Frazier is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of practice based in New York. She trained at Columbia University's graduate program and completed postgraduate study at other institutes. Dorothy has researched trauma in the United States and abroad and has lectured and published on trauma, addiction, and mental illness. She describes her work as collaborative and practical, aiming to help people move toward healthier patterns of living.

Her background includes work and supervision in inpatient psychiatric settings, employee assistance programs, correctional facilities, and outpatient care. She has provided services to a wide range of people, including professional athletes, and has taught as an adjunct professor. That variety informs how she tailors sessions to each person's needs.

In sessions she uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered methods, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing among other approaches. She focuses on clear goals, steps people can try between meetings, and talking through what’s getting in the way of change. Her style is direct but supportive, with attention to practical coping skills.

Dorothy helps people work on stress and anxiety, addictions, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, and life coaching concerns. She also addresses communication problems, control issues, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, hoarding, immigration issues, infidelity, intellectual disability concerns, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, panic, post-traumatic stress, self-love, and social anxiety.

She encourages those taking a first step toward change and frames therapy as a process that happens one step at a time. Dorothy aims to offer steady support while helping people build skills and notice real differences in day-to-day life.

How Dorothy Uses Practical Therapies Online

Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s experience at the center of sessions and focuses on listening, empathy, and building a trusting working relationship. It helps people feel heard and guides them to discover their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety, manage panic, and break unhelpful patterns. EMDR, when used, involves guided processing of traumatic memories through structured eye movements or similar bilateral stimulation to reduce the intensity of distressing memories and their impact.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dorothy collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and comfort level. She may blend approaches and adjust techniques over time, checking in regularly to see what helps and what should change.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different days and schedules. Video is useful for full sessions and visual cues, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people share thoughts between meetings. These options make it easier to keep momentum and fit therapy into everyday life.