- Stress and anxiety
- Relationship challenges
- Family conflict
About Dori
Dori Ertler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey with ten years of clinical experience working with adults. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, family issues, grief, and coping with major life changes. Dori also addresses concerns like abandonment, adoption and foster care, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, and financial strain.
She works with people who want a secular approach to therapy and prefers straightforward, practical conversations. Sessions focus on understanding what is contributing to distress and on small, manageable steps to relieve pressure and improve daily functioning. Communication skills, setting boundaries, and sorting priorities are common topics.
Dori has experience supporting people after separation or divorce and those processing loss. She also assists individuals dealing with infidelity, domestic violence history, hoarding behavior, and obsessive patterns such as phobias or OCD traits. Issues around sexuality and alternative relationship styles, including BDSM and kink, are addressed without moral judgement.
Her work often looks at family-of-origin patterns and how they affect current relationships and parenting situations. She helps clients examine blended family challenges, adoption or foster-care experiences, and intergenerational dynamics that shape expectations and behavior.
People who choose Dori can expect a collaborative, direct style that aims to clarify goals and take practical steps toward them. To begin, clients select the online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
How Dori adapts evidence-based approaches for online work
Many therapists use evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions. One common approach is cognitive-behavioral work, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and focuses on practical steps to change unhelpful patterns. This approach helps with anxiety, stress, and repetitive behaviors by teaching tools for day-to-day coping.Another helpful direction is skills-based work around communication and relationship patterns. That means learning clearer ways to say what you need, practicing boundary-setting, and role-playing difficult conversations. It can be useful for conflict, blended family challenges, and navigating separation or divorce.
Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. The therapist will help determine which techniques fit best based on the client’s goals, history, and what feels doable. Decisions are made together and can shift as needs change.
Confirm the current session formats before booking, since this biography does not list specific delivery methods. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Ask about which formats are offered when you complete the matching questionnaire and schedule your first session.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
New Jersey
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
Dori focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, family conflict, grief, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include abandonment, adoption and foster care, and caregiver stress.
What is her therapy style like?
She uses a secular, practical, and collaborative approach that emphasizes clear goals and small steps to manage problems. Sessions center on improving communication and everyday functioning.
How much experience does she have?
Dori has ten years of experience working with adults across a range of life transitions and relationship issues.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in New Jersey and practices from that state.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking by checking the online therapy options button and the matching questionnaire.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Online talk therapy through BetterHelp is for adults aged 18 and over and is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.