About Dorothy
Dorothy Selmon is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and major life changes. She speaks English and Spanish and works with adults in South Carolina to find practical ways forward when emotions feel overwhelming. She keeps sessions straightforward and focused.
Dorothy uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and make small behavior changes. She brings mindfulness practices into sessions to help clients learn calming skills for panic and high stress.
Background and approach
Motivational Interviewing is part of her style when people want to make lasting changes but feel stuck. Solution-Focused Therapy helps set clear, achievable goals so progress is visible and steady. Together these methods aim to reduce symptoms and build everyday coping skills.
Dorothy describes herself as warm and direct. She listens for what matters most to each person, then suggests steps that fit daily life. Sessions often include short between-session tasks so skills can be practiced outside of meetings.
She has seven years of clinical experience as an LPC in South Carolina. That background informs practical strategies for anger management, communication problems, guilt and shame, and recovery after trauma or panic attacks. The focus is on steady, manageable change rather than quick fixes.
How Dorothy’s Approaches Fit Online Therapy
CBT helps people notice and change thought patterns that increase anxiety or depression. Online sessions can include guided exercises and homework to practice new thinking and behavior in daily life. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple breathing and attention skills that reduce panic and strong emotion, and those exercises can be coached over video or reinforced via text messages.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dorothy will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and comfort level, adjusting techniques as progress is made. That collaborative process helps shape a plan that feels doable week to week.
Online formats offer several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a calmer audio check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, troubleshooting between sessions, and step-by-step practice of skills learned in therapy. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule while keeping therapy focused on meaningful change.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Depression
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English, Spanish