Dolores Cancino, LCSW

Dolores Cancino is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 26 years of practice. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and life transitions. Her approach is warm and straightforward, aiming to build a practical working relationship where clients feel listened to and understood.

She began her career in family services, working with adoption, foster care, and cases of abuse and neglect. Later she worked in hospital crisis settings supporting people with serious mental illness. A large portion of her career has involved active duty military and veterans, and she has spent many years focused on trauma-related concerns.

In sessions she is described as caring and nonjudgmental and she values being honest and direct. Clients can expect a therapist who will walk alongside them, help them notice patterns, and practice manageable changes between meetings. She emphasizes clear communication and collaboration on goals.

Dolores uses a mix of approaches tailored to the person in front of her. She draws on client-centered work to prioritize the client's experience, cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and mindfulness practices to build present-moment skills. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas are also part of her toolbox when change is the immediate goal.

She works from Arizona and conducts sessions in English. Her experience includes grief, addictions, LGBT concerns, caregiver stress, parenting challenges, sleep problems, and many other life issues. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to available times.

How these approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the client's perspective and priorities. In plain terms, that means sessions start with what matters most to the person and move at their pace to build trust and understanding.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses simple, practical exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors that reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms.

Mindfulness Therapy offers basic attention skills to notice sensations and emotions without getting swept away by them. It can be helpful for stress, sleep problems, and managing emotional reactions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Dolores will talk with each person about goals and preferences and will suggest methods that fit those needs. Clients and therapist decide collaboratively which techniques to try and adjust them over time.

Confirm current session formats before booking, as specific options are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when that suits the client. Video can help build rapport through face-to-face interaction, while phone or text can work better when a quieter setting or lower bandwidth is needed. Discuss format choices when scheduling to find what fits everyday life.