Dori ErtlerLPC

Dori Ertler is an LPC with ten years of experience helping people through big life changes and relationship struggles. She creates a straightforward, respectful space where clients can talk about what matters to them and make practical steps forward.

Her work focuses on stress and anxiety, relationship dynamics, family concerns, grief, and coping with life transitions. She helps people who are dealing with communication problems, caregiver stress, divorce and separation, abandonment, and questions of life purpose. Pregnancy and childbirth are also listed among areas she supports.

She also addresses issues like adoption and foster care, blended family challenges, infidelity, domestic violence, hoarding, and financial worries. People turn to her when they need help sorting through past family patterns, forgiveness, or decisions about alternative relationship structures and kink culture.

Dori emphasizes a collaborative style. Sessions aim to identify realistic next steps and skills that fit a person’s life. She favors clear discussion, practical strategies, and thoughtful listening to help clients make choices that match their values.

Clients who want to begin work complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on the therapist’s availability. Dori practices in New Jersey and offers services in English.

How evidence-based approaches guide online therapy

Two evidence-based therapeutic techniques commonly used are focused problem solving and skills-based work. Focused problem solving helps identify a specific issue, break it into manageable steps, and try practical actions to see what changes. Skills-based work teaches tools for managing stress, anxiety, communication breakdowns, and everyday coping skills that people can use between sessions.

An approach that emphasizes collaboration is central to treatment. The therapist will work together with each person to figure out which techniques match their needs, goals, and preferences. That process may involve trying different strategies and adjusting the plan based on what helps most.

Because the exact session formats are not specified in the biography, please confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time, allowing check-ins during a work break, and offering options that do not require being on camera for the whole time. Licensed professionals can tailor pacing and homework to match a person’s daily routine, which helps apply new skills between visits.