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I am a clinically trained social worker with more than 40 years of experience. My treatment specialties include depression, anxiety, and grief counseling. I assist with the resolution of work-related concerns. I am also a trained life coach, helping people make decisions related to changes they would like to have in their lives while achieving work/life balance. I also provide behavior modification, problem-solving, and motivation therapy. I work with couples of all kinds, knowing that being a couple or family cannot be defined only in the traditional sense. I take a broad view in this area.
The basis for my efforts is insight therapy. I encourage those who work with me to consider how their decisions and actions enhance or impair the attainment of their goals. This type of understanding is critical for making meaningful life changes.
My work is for and about you! We will go as far and as fast as you are able. Although I offer clarity in recognizing the issues that concern you, I will never take you where you do not want to go. Our work will be free of judgment, allowing you to speak and respond openly. I will always respect you and value what you share with me.
You have made the right decision by embarking on a therapeutic relationship. I hope you choose me to help guide you on that journey.
Additional areas of focus:Addictions, LGBT, Family conflicts, Intimacy-related issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Divorce and separation, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Infidelity, Personality disorders, Women's issues
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Delores Smith. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
She holds you accountable to your goals and helps you to really take a look at yourself. She won't do the work for you but instead helps you to understand the importance of doing the work yourself to achieve your goals. What I love the most is that she isn't going to sugarcoat anything.
Written on Dec 13, 2024 after therapy with Delores for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and coping with life changes
Very supportive
Written on Nov 06, 2024 after therapy with Delores for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and relationship issues
Delores is an excellent listener and develops action plans to improve my situation. I’ve made great progress during our sessions.
Written on Sep 18, 2024 after therapy with Delores for 4 weeks on issues concerning grief
Dr. Smith is a great therapist. I feel she listens and gives me many things to think about. What I love the most is she is straight forward and uses a firmer hand. Really tells it how it is. Dr Smith has given me some valuable tools to work through my emotions
Written on Sep 17, 2024 after therapy with Delores for 3 months on issues concerning relationship issues, self esteem, anger management, and coping with life changes
Delores was helpful to me
Written on Jun 30, 2024 after therapy with Delores for 5 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, and adhd
Delores is an absolutely incredible therapist. She is kind and compassionate, yet firm. She understands exactly what I need to hear and has helped me reframe so many negative thoughts. I’m very lucky to work with her!
Written on May 21, 2024 after therapy with Delores for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, and compassion fatigue
Delores asks poignant questions that make you think through your problems in a systematic way. She's honest and forthright, not holding anything back that can help you unlock a deeper understanding about yourself or situation. I thoroughly enjoy our sessions because I leave feeling one step closer to managing my issues.
Written on May 02, 2024 after therapy with Delores for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and coaching
Very pleased with the caregiving by my therapist, and had appreciable benefits from my time with her. Very Professional, insightful, and caring.
Written on Apr 01, 2024 after therapy with Delores for 3 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, and anger management
Delores is kind, she listens, and helps me come to good insights on my issues. I would recommend her to anyone going through a grieving process
Written on Mar 17, 2024 after therapy with Delores for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, compassion fatigue, and adhd
Delores is attentive and direct with her feedback to me on the issues I am working on. She challenges me and helps me to grow.
Written on Jan 04, 2024 after therapy with Delores for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, and intimacy-related issues
She has great insight and gets right to the root of the discussion. She is supportive but keeps you accountable. Very helpful
Written on Jan 03, 2024 after therapy with Delores for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, self esteem, compassion fatigue, and adhd
Delores is an amazing therapist. I trust her opinions and feel comfortable telling her everything. She has helped me through a very difficult time in my life and I am seeing the positive impacts of working with her. She holds me accountable and I am making progress weekly towards my goals. Would recommend her to anyone needing therapy.
Written on Aug 11, 2023 after therapy with Delores for 3 months on issues concerning relationship issues, and coping with life changes
I am very pleased with Delores. She listens. Kind but direct. She asks me questions that cause me to look at myself and my family situation differently. I appreciate the insight I've acquired, but also the results! I am taking much better care of myself. I feel much happier and it shows. Even friends can see the change!
Written on Jul 16, 2023 after therapy with Delores for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, and parenting issues
Delores has been very helpful with her words of wisdom and always sending me resources that help with my situation.
Written on Jun 12, 2023 after therapy with Delores for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, and coping with life changes
Delores Smith is very respectful and is a professional at her job she listens and even asks questions that keeps you thinking even after the session. This was the first time of me going to therapy and was nervous but Delores Smith eased my worries and does her job very well.
Written on May 23, 2023 after therapy with Delores for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, self esteem, and career difficulties
Delores comes with a wealth of experience and knowledge. Her insight is spot on. She asks probing questions to get to the heart of the matter while respecting the sensitivity of any subject.
Written on Mar 03, 2023 after therapy with Delores for 2 months on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and grief
I feel supported and understood. Delores presents suggestions that are not judgemental. She guides me to solutions instead of telling me how to resolve my problems. I appreciate the safe environment she creates that allows me to speak freely.
Written on Feb 24, 2023 after therapy with Delores for 1 year and 3 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, grief, eating disorders, and coping with life changes
Delores is so helpful in helping recognize the origins of anxiety and dismantling irrational thoughts. She provided me with thought provoking questions and helped me see aspects of my perspective that could change in order to be more effective and positive. I really appreciate how in tune she is with negative thought patterns and how to address them. She is an excellent listener and I felt that all of my issues were heard and addressed.
Written on Feb 09, 2023 after therapy with Delores for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, parenting issues, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Delores is very perceptive and knows the right questions to ask. She is very mature and respectful of her clients, a consummate professional.
Written on Jan 31, 2023 after therapy with Delores for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, self esteem, and coping with life changes
She is professional knowledgeable and patient
Written on Jan 02, 2023 after therapy with Delores for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, coping with life changes, and adhd
Deloris is great at listening and giving you an honest opinion. Very helpful and great to work with
Written on Nov 28, 2022 after therapy with Delores for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, and anger management
Delores is exactly the type of therapist I need. She is direct, understanding, and encouraging.
Written on Nov 28, 2022 after therapy with Delores for 3 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues
she's a great listener and gives great advice
Written on Nov 21, 2022 after therapy with Delores for 7 months on issues concerning relationship issues, anger management, and coping with life changes
She is very empathetic and has great suggestions on how to look at a problem from a different perspective. She’s very concise in her approach and gets straight to the root of the problem. I’d definitely recommend her.
Written on Oct 21, 2022 after therapy with Delores for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, grief, intimacy-related issues, and coping with life changes
Delores has been great and helping guide me to things that I had concerns about, but didn't set aside to think about
Written on Oct 07, 2022 after therapy with Delores for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes
Delores is a great therapist! She helped me after the loss of my mother. Her insights were groundbreaking and enlightening
Written on Oct 06, 2022 after therapy with Delores for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, and coping with life changes
Ms. Delores is a great listener. I would recommend her to my loved ones.
Written on Sep 05, 2022 after therapy with Delores for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, career difficulties, and coaching
Delores is an amazing listener with so much wisdom and insight. She asks the right questions, and has an uncanny ability to guide you forward with kindness, thoughtfulness and beautiful perspective. I highly, highly recommend!
Written on Aug 22, 2022 after therapy with Delores for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, and career difficulties
Delores is a wonderful person that I think that listens and can always provide something insightful to whatever is happening in life. With only a handful of sessions I really do value and respect her for knowledge and skills.
Written on Jun 30, 2022 after therapy with Delores for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, depression, self esteem, relationship issues, and family conflicts
Great listener. Knowledgeable.
Written on Jun 14, 2022 after therapy with Delores for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, intimacy-related issues, and anger management
Great listener! Delivers genuine thoughts/advice.
Written on May 03, 2022 after therapy with Delores for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and adhd
Ms. Smith gives me great advice and helps me get through my difficult time in life at this time.
Written on Apr 29, 2022 after therapy with Delores for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd
I came back to BetterHelp specifically for Delores’ help & am grateful she’s still available.
Written on Apr 23, 2022 after therapy with Delores for 1 year and 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, grief, and compassion fatigue
Delores was wonderful and a joy to work with.
Written on Oct 28, 2021 after therapy with Delores for 3 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, lgbt, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, sleeping disorders, self esteem, and adhd
The main thing that I can say about Delores is that’s she’s expert at providing sound, reliable feedback as a demonstration of her ability to really hear what her client is saying as a commitment to their mental health and well-being. I’ve had a number of counselors who are part of BetterHelp. By far, Delores is the best, most professional counselor yet!
Written on Oct 25, 2021 after therapy with Delores for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, self esteem, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, coaching, compassion fatigue, and adhd
I’ve only had one session with Delores and it went very well. She’s a great listener, asks really good questions and is very easy to talk to.
Written on Oct 18, 2021 after therapy with Delores for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and relationship issues
She is truly incredible and has been an amazing listening ear!
Written on Oct 12, 2021 after therapy with Delores for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and coping with life changes
I highly recommend Delores. You can tell she values your time and is never late for your session. She listens intently while you speak and provides valuable feedback to help solve any issue you may have. Really happy with our sessions and looking forward to working with her.
Written on Aug 18, 2021 after therapy with Delores for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, self esteem, anger management, compassion fatigue, and adhd
I am so grateful to have found Delores. She is compassionate, practical and extremely helpful to me. Her questions are thoughtful and intentional in the way they often guide me to my own answers. She clearly cares deeply about people and the work she does. Overall, a great deal of trust has been built, and I feel genuinely supported by Delores Smith.
Written on Jul 31, 2021 after therapy with Delores for 3 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and parenting issues
Dolores has been very helpful and helped me get needed clarity.
Written on Jul 31, 2021 after therapy with Delores for 3 months on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, and intimacy-related issues
Delores is AMAZING! I’ve already recommended her to multiple people. She’s kind, understanding and comforting.
Written on Jul 20, 2021 after therapy with Delores for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, career difficulties, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd
I would recommend Ms. Delores especially to minority women. She is objective and understands the nuances to the life minority women face.
Written on Jun 11, 2021 after therapy with Delores for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and anger management
Delores is wonderful to talk to and always helps me see things more clearly. And for those times that I just need a sounding board, she has been great with that as well. In the short time that I've been working with her, she has made a tremendous difference in my life.
Written on May 05, 2021 after therapy with Delores for 9 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and relationship issues
She is a great listener. She asked all the right questions and helped me pinpoint areas to focus and work on. She's very wonderful.
Written on Apr 27, 2021 after therapy with Delores for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, and self esteem
Delores is such a great listener. She def tries her best to let me figure out or answer my own questions. Never comes off judgements. She’s very respectful & I enjoy my sessions with her so much!!
Written on Mar 22, 2021 after therapy with Delores for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, and coping with life changes
She is awesome, extremely nice and professional!
Thank you
Written on Mar 02, 2021 after therapy with Delores for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, anger management, and adhd
It’s a good experience. I like to say things out loud and get feedback. She’s great at listening and helping you see the little things, that really are a big deal
Written on Jan 12, 2021 after therapy with Delores for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and adhd
Delores is amazing. I have been in counseling before but have never felt as positive about the process before. Not only does Delores listen, she asks the questions that require thought and reflection. Delores is extremely gifted.
Written on Jan 11, 2021 after therapy with Delores for 2 weeks on issues concerning bipolar disorder
Delores is consistent and insightful. She asks open ended questions that really make me think and I feel seen/heard and safe to open up. She responds consistently which tells me she values my time as well as her own. She is both professional and relatable, she gives me straight talk when I need it and offers gentle empathy in moment I share pain. While I am the one who chose to seek help and change my behaviors, it’s a relief and blessing to know someone is listening, offering guidance, being a sounding board for me to collect my thoughts and see my actions.
Written on Dec 18, 2020 after therapy with Delores for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and coping with life changes
Delores is completely nonjudgemental and really helps you think through your immediate feelings and perspectives. I'm so grateful to work with her and am comfortable either letting her structure our sessions, or structuring our sessions on my own -- she's content to do either.
Written on Dec 09, 2020 after therapy with Delores for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Ms Delores, is so caring, she listens, gives feedback, resolutions and homework, the work we are doing is changing my life and giving the tools I need to be successful!
Written on Nov 04, 2020 after therapy with Delores for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Seems like a very experienced woman that would take all the knowledge and time she's got to help those who need it. She's supportive and you can talk with her knowing that whenever or wherever you do it, you can think of it as a safe place, where judgement's out of the table.
Written on Oct 01, 2020 after therapy with Delores for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and compassion fatigue
She's a great listener. Very prompt for appointment times and in response to messages. I feel very comfortable with her.
Written on Sep 08, 2020 after therapy with Delores for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, self esteem, and compassion fatigue
I think my counselor was very supportive. The day I spoke with her I had high anxiety. I think she understood why I was so anxious and had compassion towards what I was going through. And I’ve been very impressed that Dolores has reached out and checked on me a few times. If I was isolating by her reaching out would engage me. I think that is very kind of her. I also feel that it makes me feel cared about.
I think she has qualities that makes her rare because many people wouldn’t devote the time in connecting with their clients.
Written on Aug 29, 2020 after therapy with Delores for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, sleeping disorders, self esteem, and coping with life changes
she is amazing
Written on Aug 13, 2020 after therapy with Delores for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd
She's great, I feel comfortable with her.
We're just at the beginning but I have high hopes already.
Thank you Dr. Smith.
Written on Jul 28, 2020 after therapy with Delores for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, and career difficulties
Delores is a good listener! Her years of experience show through her well placed, insightful questions. She always leaves me with something to grow on.
Written on Jul 27, 2020 after therapy with Delores for 2 weeks on issues concerning intimacy-related issues
Delores is very open to considering issues on your terms and given me great advice that has helped me resolve the problems I have been dealing with.
Written on Jul 13, 2020 after therapy with Delores for 1 week on issues concerning relationship issues, grief, and coping with life changes
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