About Doris
Doris Benrey Boguslavsky is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with forty years of experience helping people through major life transitions. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, and struggles with self-esteem. Doris communicates in English, Spanish, and French to meet a range of needs.
She uses a depth-oriented, person-centered approach that balances careful listening with practical steps people can use day to day. Sessions often look at how patterns from a person’s family of origin affect current relationships and communication.
How Doris works
Doris pays attention to attachment issues, body image, and the shame or guilt that can get in the way of change. Doris has worked in hospitals, schools, and community mental health clinics. That background informs her work with blended family transitions, divorce and separation, caregiving stress, and immigration-related difficulties.
She is experienced supporting women’s issues, men’s issues, and midlife changes without assuming one-size-fits-all solutions. People who come to her may be coping with isolation, parenting transitions, autism spectrum concerns, or struggles around fatherhood and family roles. Doris helps clients name patterns, practice clearer communication, and build stronger emotional connections in their everyday lives.
Her goal is to create an affirming space where people feel heard and can work toward realistic, lasting change. To begin, she asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
What Doris works with
The areas below are the ones Doris selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 40 |
| Languages | English, Spanish, French |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Evidence-based approaches for life transitions and relationships
Her work is described as depth-oriented and person-centered, which means she listens closely to life stories and relationships while guiding practical change. This approach helps people understand long-standing patterns and learn new ways of relating that reduce conflict and improve connection.Many clients benefit from therapy that focuses on attachment patterns. Attachment-informed work looks at how early relationships shape expectations and reactions in adult relationships, useful for intimacy issues and communication problems. Another common focus is short-term practical strategies that help manage stress and anxiety; these are straightforward tools people can use between sessions to feel calmer and more able to cope.
Choosing the best approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to identify goals, try methods that fit the client's needs, and adjust the plan as progress is made. This helps ensure the approach matches personal preferences and life demands rather than being imposed from the start.
Confirm the current session formats before booking so you know how sessions will be arranged. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow quicker check-ins during a lunch break or between appointments. It can also make it simpler to maintain continuity of care when life or location changes, while the therapist and client concentrate on clear goals and steady progress.
Start online instead of waiting
Our partner service asks a few questions about what you are looking for and matches you with a therapist for sessions from home.
Book with DorisWe will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.
Common questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
What is her therapeutic style like?
What is her background and experience?
Where is she licensed and based?
Which languages are supported in sessions?
What session formats are available?
How are sessions paid for and what does cost look like?
How do I begin working with her?
A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. Entries are not assessed or endorsed by this directory.
Other entries for stress, anxiety
Supportive LCSW helping people build strength and clarity
Practical, trauma-aware therapy for everyday life
Practical, relational therapy for life transitions