About me
Regain: Whether you are in a “Traditional,” same sex, or threesome or foursome, or so on type of relationship, we are all looking on the floor through the floor boards with our matches lit, hoping to find love. And as usual, it ain’t easy. There’s lots of stuff down in those floor boards and a lot of it isn’t love. But then some is love, Whatever love and relationships are they are what we are all striving for, daily. Some of the accoutrements of love are easy and smooth like “butter,” As the song goes. Other parts land you in a whole different planet. Still other challenges in love bring out the best things in life. Some people want to work round the clock with each other and be attached at the hip day and night. Other relationships are based on independence. As the song from the “South Pacific “ musical says “Happy Talk, Talk ABOUT ALL THE THINGS YOU DREAM…You got to have a dream…If you don’t have a dream… How you gonna make a dream come true.” It is the therapist job to help the dream become a vision and the vision a reality. It is the couple or quadsome +/-, job how to make the” dream come true.” The Therapist attempts to provide the tools such as clarifying that the ultimate goals in relationships is to take care of and nurture and make real the day to day living of relationships. Therapists can provide the needle and thread it is up to the couples to sew with strength and caring a relationship that lasts and nurtures and keeps you warm.
All couples or what ever numerical arrangements one or two people have, have their high points and low points. Some arrangements provide the sweetest of happinesses. Other arrangements simply do not work depending upon the people and sometimes the numbers of the people involved. A therapist helps to provide the “Long view.” Does this relationship provide me with the things I need. Do I provide the other(s) with the things they need. Are our lives together giving us all a base for growth and nurture. There are many places of “rest,” that a therapist can help people in relationships keep alive aand moving forward. If a therapist is an addition and an affirmation of the things you want and need in your lives then it is helpful. If it is not, then it might be time to either go forth on your own or to find someone or something more helpful.
My name is Dorothy: I have been a counselor /therapist for over 40 years. Twenty-Five years of my career has been in acute care hospitals. I dealt daily with, grief trauma, suicide and life changing illnesses. My critical thinking skills are finely tuned to help a patient or client process and take care of their family and selves at the most tragic times in their lives. Within these tragic situations, I have been able to assist and help clients find a path to go forward. In less stressful situations, I have used motivational interviewing to help a client within very chaotic situations not only move forward, but also to create goals for their lives and plans to achieve those goals.
I have worked with Military families and children . I have worked for 2 years in a school-based homeless program providing meals, counseling, home visits and resources for families facing many challenges. I have coordinated with schools, courts and child protective services to help families remain together and focused on what they need to do to keep their families together in the most difficult of times. I have provided couples counseling, family counseling and groups. I have taught parenting skills while learning the most useful lessons from the parents themselves.
Often my primary tool for family intervention is Systems theory. This theory is based on family and individual strengths. It basically theorizes that if a direct approach to change in a family doesn't work then another less obvious problem solving approach might work. Or that working on a positive change in another part of a client's world, might positively impact what can the desired change through a less direct route. This in turn may cause a ripple effect of other that impacts the entire family in a positive yet productive way. This method of intervention recognizes that families ultimately provide love and care as their roots of growth and nurture in a family.
I trust the family process to produce the best results for a family. I work hard to help you or your family in any compassionate way that I can while always keeping in focus the safety and well being of the family and the children. I always expect and realize that families are working even harder at these goals than I am. We are a team .
Sometimes only brief supportive interventions are helpful Other times, depending upon where the family is in its process, more intense interventions are appropriate.
My intent in any dynamic is to be of service to you and your family. I listen to the verbal, spiritual energy of the family and attempt to participate in the family "flow " and help to continue to guide it in a positive direction. Often these goals are very do-able. If I can't be helpful, I will certainly guide your family to someone who can be helpful. I look forward to working with you as much as you may need. Thank you.
Specialties
- Addictions
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Compassion fatigue
Stress, Anxiety , LGBT , Relationship issues , Family conflicts , Trauma and abuse , Intimacy-related issues , Eating disorders , Sleeping disorders , Anger management , Self esteem , Career difficulties , Bipolar disorder , Depression , Read more...
Clinical approaches:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems
Years of Experience: 25
Services offered
Messaging
Phone
Video
Licensing
AZ LCSW 1315
CA LCSW 26417
Reviews
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Dorothy Pedro. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with Regain might be different.
amazing and one of a kind