About Dolores
Dolores Gusman is a licensed clinician with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and major life changes. She holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - LCPC. Dolores focuses on practical, steady support that helps people take small steps forward.
Her sessions center on building self-love and working through forgiveness. She helps people spot control patterns and find healthier ways to respond.
Background and approach
The work is often concrete - learning new coping tools, practicing different reactions, and shifting unhelpful self-talk. Dolores describes her style as compassionate and collaborative. She listens closely, offers feedback, and helps clients set realistic, measurable goals.
Many clients focus on improving self-esteem, reducing anxious thinking, or managing stress that comes with change. With two decades of practice in Maryland, Dolores draws on wide clinical experience to tailor support to each person. She helps clients uncover strengths, test limiting beliefs, and try new behaviors between sessions.
The emphasis is on small, achievable progress rather than quick fixes. People who want a steady, practical partner in their emotional work often find this approach useful. Dolores supports exploration at a comfortable pace and helps people build skills they can use long after sessions end.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Dolores uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional processing. One common approach helps people learn skills to manage anxiety and stress by teaching breathing, grounding, and thought-challenging strategies that reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning. Another approach centers on processing past hurts and trauma so people can reduce their reactivity and rebuild a kinder relationship with themselves; this usually involves paced discussion and exercises to notice and shift old patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dolores collaborates with each person to identify which techniques fit their goals and comfort level. She adjusts methods over time, combining skills practice with deeper processing as needed so clients can try things and see what helps.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that matters, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, and live chat or text messaging fit quick check-ins or shorter updates. These options make it simpler to keep continuity of care and practice new skills between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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