Dory Richards

Dory Richards is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Florida with 14 years of experience. She helps people who feel stuck after a breakup, a change at work, or a shift in family life. Her focus includes relationship strain, low self-esteem, depression, and coaching toward clearer life purpose.

She meets individuals and couples who want clearer communication and fewer arguments. She also supports people managing anxiety, postpartum mood changes, and the practical strain of blended family life. Her work includes addressing infidelity, codependency, and commitment worries in straightforward conversation.

Sessions tend to focus on practical skills rather than labels. She listens for patterns that keep problems repeating and offers ways to change small behaviors and conversations. That can mean practicing new ways to ask for a need, set a boundary, or step back from an automatic reaction.

Dory also helps parents develop confident routines and communication strategies that aim to reduce conflict. For people wrestling with life purpose questions she combines reflective discussion with actionable steps to test new directions. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques in a clear, down-to-earth way.

Her approach is steady and focused on what can change day to day. People leave sessions with specific next steps to try between meetings. To start, users select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

How evidence-based techniques translate to online sessions

Many of the approaches Dory uses focus on changing interaction patterns and building specific skills. Cognitive-behavioral techniques help identify unhelpful thoughts and test different ways of thinking. That work is useful for depression, panic symptoms, and negative self-talk.

Interpersonal and communication-focused work targets how people ask for needs and respond during conflict. It teaches concrete ways to speak and listen that can reduce escalation and rebuild connection after betrayal or repeated arguments.

Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose approaches that match their goals and preferences. That means trying something, reviewing how it felt, and adjusting plans together rather than committing to a single method up front.

Confirm current session formats before booking so you know how meetings will be held. When offered, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins, or remove the need to travel across town. If a face-to-face option is important, verify that with the scheduling tools. Overall, the focus is practical: methods that fit into everyday life and allow testing new behaviors between sessions.