Dorlea Knizley, LPC-MH, LCPC
Licensed in Idaho · 11 years in practice
Dorlea Knizley greets people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure where to turn.
License and registration
- LCPC, Idaho
- LCPC-6071 · expires March 2026
- LPC-MH, South Dakota
- 30697 · expires November 2026
- NPI
- 1952641532 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 11
- Languages
- English
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About Dorlea
Dorlea Knizley greets people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure where to turn. She focuses on practical steps to ease anxiety, manage stress, and address addiction and low self-esteem. Dorlea explains things in calm, direct language and helps people set small, achievable goals.
She uses familiar, evidence-based methods to guide conversations about depression, trauma, grief, and anger. Sessions include checking what’s not working, trying new coping habits, and tracking what helps over time.
Background and approach
The therapist aims to make each meeting feel focused and doable rather than overwhelming. Dorlea has 11 years of experience working with adults in South Dakota and Idaho as a licensed professional counselor with advanced mental health endorsement, LPC-MH, and as an LCPC. Her background includes work with people facing panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, seasonal shifts in mood, and substance use concerns.
Her approach is trauma-informed and culturally aware, and she makes room for a person’s beliefs and background during care. That may mean exploring life purpose, addressing multicultural concerns, or tailoring strategies for women’s issues when they come up. In sessions she blends client-centered conversation with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches, plus mindfulness and existential ideas when they fit.
The focus is on what the person needs now and on building tools that can be used between meetings.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Dorlea lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Communication problems
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Dorlea names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
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Online support
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Client-centered therapy emphasizes hearing the person’s experience and following their pace. Sessions focus on what matters to the individual and build goals that fit day-to-day life, which can help with issues like low self-esteem, life purpose, and relationship communication.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches straightforward skills for managing anxiety, depression, panic attacks, and patterns that feed stress or substance use problems.
Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, adds practical tools for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication when feelings run high. Those skills are useful for anger, intense anxiety, and coping after trauma.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, try strategies in session, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. This collaborative process aims to match methods to the person’s needs rather than following a fixed formula.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversations and skill coaching, phone works well if bandwidth is limited, live chat or text can suit brief check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit sessions into a busy schedule and try different formats to see what fits best.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Dorlea address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, anger, low self-esteem, trauma and grief, plus related issues such as panic, social anxiety, and seasonal mood changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions are warm and practical, mixing client-centered listening with CBT and DBT skills and mindfulness where helpful.
How much experience does she have?
Dorlea brings 11 years of clinical experience supporting people through a range of mental health and substance-related concerns.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds LPC-MH (licensed professional counselor with mental health endorsement) and LCPC credentials and practices in South Dakota.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
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