About Dolliene
Dolliene Raabe is a licensed clinical social worker in Missouri with 20 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who feel stuck by offering steady, respectful support. Dolliene speaks plainly and helps clients break problems into manageable steps.
She works with concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, grief, compassion fatigue, and intimacy-related issues. Relationship struggles, communication problems, blended family questions, and family of origin concerns are also common topics she addresses.
How Dolliene works
Dolliene also supports people coping with chronic illness or pain, caregiver stress, and major life changes. Her approach is practical and goals oriented. She uses techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different ways of thinking and acting.
Solution-Focused Therapy is part of her work too, so sessions often look at small changes that lead to bigger improvements. Sessions are conversational and focused on what the client wants to achieve. Dolliene treats clients as the experts on their own lives and helps them build on existing strengths.
She aims for clear next steps that clients can try between meetings. People who want a direct, calm, and experienced clinician may find her style helpful. Dolliene offers support for a wide range of life stresses and works with each person to set realistic, practical goals.
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What Dolliene works with
The areas below are the ones Dolliene selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
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Online support options
How CBT and Solution-Focused Methods Work Online
Many sessions use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression. Solution-Focused Therapy is brief and practical, concentrating on strengths and small changes that move a person toward their goals rather than dwelling on problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each client to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. Plans may combine elements from both approaches and are revisited as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow brief updates, quick problem-solving, or support between longer sessions. These options make therapy more flexible for different schedules and life demands while keeping the focus on practical steps and real-world change.
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