Dolliene Raabe, LCSW

Dolliene Raabe is a licensed clinical social worker in Missouri with 20 years of professional experience. She focuses on everyday stresses like anxiety, low self-esteem, and relationship strain. Dolliene also helps people who are coping with grief, trauma, life transitions, and intimacy-related concerns.

She centers sessions on the person's strengths and experience. Dolliene treats each client as the expert on their own life and helps them build on what already works. This approach aims to make change feel manageable instead of overwhelming.

In practical terms she uses straightforward methods to address thinking patterns and immediate goals. That work can help with worry, sleep trouble, motivation, and decision points like separation or changing family roles. She also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, chronic illness, and the emotional fallout of infidelity or jealousy.

Dolliene draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to guide sessions. Conversations are often goal-oriented and focused on small, practical steps clients can try between meetings. She meets people where they are and adjusts pacing to match each person's needs.

People who choose Dolliene typically want direct help with real-life problems and value a collaborative, strengths-based approach. She invites anyone ready to take a first step to reach out and begin working toward clearer priorities and steadier coping.

How her approaches fit with online therapy

Dolliene commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT helps people notice unhelpful thinking and practice different responses for problems like anxiety, sleep difficulties, and low mood. Solution-Focused Therapy is shorter and goal-oriented, emphasizing what clients want to change now and small steps to move in that direction.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Dolliene will discuss goals, preferences, and how each method might help. The plan is collaborative so the client and therapist can adjust methods and pace as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm which session formats the therapist currently offers before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit care into a busy schedule, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Many people find that meeting remotely helps them keep therapy consistent while juggling work, caregiving, or medical needs.