Doriece Choy , LCSW

Doriece Choy is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who uses practical, person-focused methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and related concerns. She brings 13 years of therapy experience and centers work on clients' strengths and real-life needs.

Doriece prefers to work alongside people rather than dictate solutions. Sessions focus on helping clients notice patterns, name feelings, and build small habits that make daily life easier. She emphasizes feeling heard and understood as a starting point for change.

Her background includes helping with grief, parenting challenges, addiction and substance concerns, attention-deficit issues, mood struggles, and relationship and family problems. She also supports people facing abandonment, adoption and foster care questions, attachment issues, caregiver stress, codependency, and control or communication problems.

Doriece uses approaches such as attachment-based work, client-centered conversations, cognitive behavioral tools, dialectical behavior techniques, and emotionally-focused strategies. In practice this means exploring how relationships shape feelings, practicing new ways of thinking, and learning skills to manage intense emotions.

Clients can expect a realistic, strengths-based style that builds confidence over time. Doriece encourages small, steady steps and checks progress week to week. She accepts work with people in Illinois and also offers sessions to international clients who speak English.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Attachment-based work looks at how past and present relationships affect feelings and behavior; online sessions use conversation and guided reflection to help people notice those patterns and try new ways of connecting. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead; in remote sessions this often means giving space to talk through what matters most and helping clients name their own goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) teaches practical tools for changing unhelpful thoughts and actions, such as tracking patterns, trying behavior experiments, and practicing new coping skills between meetings.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Doriece collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their current needs and goals. She checks in about what is helping and adjusts direction as work progresses so clients feel involved in planning their care.

Online therapy offers flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quick way to check in, and text-based messaging supports short updates or skill practice between appointments. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and travel while using the approaches described above.