Dolores Gusman, LCPC

Dolores Gusman is a licensed clinical professional counselor with twenty years of experience helping people manage strong emotions and life changes. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma and abuse. Dolores also helps people build self-love and work through forgiveness and control issues.

Her style is warm and collaborative. Sessions aim to uncover strengths, challenge unhelpful beliefs, and teach coping skills people can use right away. She avoids judgment and helps clients set achievable goals.

Dolores works with people who are facing transitions or long-standing emotional struggles. She guides clients as they develop healthier habits and clearer self-talk. The emphasis is on steady progress rather than quick fixes.

In sessions, she centers on skills that support resilience and better day-to-day functioning. Conversations focus on what is happening now and on small, practical changes that add up. Clients are invited to try new ways of thinking and acting between meetings.

Her background includes two decades in clinical practice in Maryland as an LCPC, and she provides care in English. People interested in starting with her complete a brief matching questionnaire before scheduling, which helps align goals and availability.

How evidence-based approaches translate to online therapy

Evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on practical skills and clear goals. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns and test them against real experience, which can reduce anxiety and low mood by changing how someone thinks and behaves. Another approach teaches concrete coping strategies like breathing, grounding, and step-by-step problem solving to manage stress and the aftereffects of trauma. These techniques emphasize practicing skills between sessions so progress continues outside of meetings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dolores will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they’ll try strategies, see what helps, and adjust the plan over time to fit how the person responds.

The biography does not list which session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people keep therapy consistent during life transitions so progress can continue even when routines change.