Doreen Peasley
My name is Doreen Peasley and I would love to meet you. I have been a licensed therapist for 50 years and have successfully assisted individuals, couples and families in discovering and achieving their goals. I feel honored to work in a profession where I can help people find increased life and relationship satisfaction.
I have been a licensed therapist for 50 years and have successfully assisted individuals, couples and families in discovering and achieving their goals.
I have tremendous respect for the courage it takes for anyone to reach out and share their concerns, hopes and fears. I use a variety of therapeutic approaches and have found that the most important factor in my work is developing a trusting therapeutic relationship with my clients. My style has been described as caring, warm, and nonjudgmental.
First session
During our first session my focus is on getting to know you - what brings you to therapy, what you're hoping for and what''s been challenging or painful for you lately.
Strengths
I bring 50 years of experience and passion to support others on their journey to my work.
Ideal clients
Change is inevitable and positive change is achievable. I work with clients who are seeking some type of change - increased life satisfaction, increased satisfaction with relationships with self, family, friends, and coworkers, decreased stress, anxiety, and depression, loss, and just a general sense of "missing out." I have also spent many years working with members of the military and their families at bases in the US, Europe and Asia, and value the work in supporting the many stressors unique to their lives.
Origin story
I began my journey as a therapist as a client. I started therapy while going through a stressful and challenging time and found the therapy so life changing that I wanted to share the process with others.
Ongoing work together
We will start our work together by first focusing on what brought you into therapy at this time and developing a plan that will provide relief from that issue. Together we will work together in creating that plan. Often clients who find relief from the original problems that brought them to therapy will develop a desire to delve deeper into lifelong patterns that they would like to change. The focus of the deeper work can improve the relationship one has with oneself, resulting in improved self awareness, life satisfaction., and peace.
Treatment methods
Strength-Based
From our first meeting we will focus on what brings you into therapy and what you hope to gain from it. .Sometimes clients just feel overwhelmed and stuck and unsure why, and sometimes they are clear about the source of their distress and what changes they are seeking. Either way, I recognize that each client is unique and our meeting is the first courageous step in moving forward with clarifying goals and creating a plan to achieve them.
Compassion-Focused
During my 50 years as a licensed therapist I have learned many therapeutic approaches which I find useful and in our first session I will clarify your goals and together we will develop a plan to achieve them. I believe a trusting relationship is the most important part of successful therapy and have been told that clients experience me as warm, accepting, down to earth and nonjudgmental.
Solution-Focused Brief Treatment
Sometimes clients are relatively content with their lives and relationships in general and are feeling stuck or triggered by one problem or frustration. In those situations our focus will be to define the issue, create the goal and develop a plan to meet the goal n a few sessions.
Location
Virtual sessions
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Licensed in
- CaliforniaLicense 11910
- MaineLicense MF5355