I am a marriage and family therapist licensed in Oregon with over 20 years of experience working as a professional helper of people. I have worked with clients with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, relationship issues, parenting problems, career challenges, OCD, and ADHD. I also helped many people who have experienced physical trauma or emotional abuse.
My therapy style is inviting, supportive, and effective. I focus on using the counseling relationship to support the people I help to discover and confirm their true identity, potential, and vision so that the steps to creating an improved and ideal life are clear and achievable. I adjust my approach as needed to make sure that people I work with are benefitting from my services. I use a collaborative process with people to create meaningful goals and tasks for counseling.
Counseling is an effective intervention and I have helped many people restore joy and contentment to their life. I bring this conviction to my work as a counselor, and I want to be that source of hope for a better life for the people that I serve.
My approach to counseling is based on client self-discovery where the current ability to function is matched against the client's current degree of life satisfaction. A developmental change process is then used to help the client learn, grow, and develop into the person that they once or were or are meant to be.
It takes courage to seek a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards change. If you are ready to take that step, I am here to support and empower you.
I look forward to working with you!
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Attachment issues, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, First Responder Issues, Forgiveness, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders , Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Self-love
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Dr. Dominique Sotelo. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
He’s been so supportive and attentive during one of the most difficult times of my life. He helped ground me and encourage me when everything else I was experiencing was chaos.
Written on Mar 09, 2023 after therapy with Dominique for 1 year and 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, self esteem, and compassion fatigue
Dr Sotelo’s years of experience in a variety of settings with a wide variety of clients really enhances his effectiveness and makes it easy to develop a strong therapeutic alliance with him quickly. He really listens and is able to share a big picture view and provide multiple useful strategies. I’ve learned a lot from him and have new tools to use in the future. Thanks!
Written on Aug 02, 2022 after therapy with Dominique for 2 months on issues concerning career difficulties
Dr Sotelo offers calm insight to my life experience. I highly recommend him.
Written on Jun 07, 2022 after therapy with Dominique for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, coping with life changes, and adhd
Dr Sotelo is very attentive and honest! I appreciate all the help he’s provided. Great work!!
Written on Feb 14, 2022 after therapy with Dominique for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, coaching, compassio
The best of the best!!
Written on Dec 23, 2021 after therapy with Dominique for 4 weeks on issues concerning lgbt, eating disorders, and self esteem
Without Dr. Sotelo's help, I don't think I would be turning around and making the necessary changes to my life. Dr. Sotelo was my first therapist session ever. I never thought I would be in my position requiring help and I had a negative mindset that therapy wouldn't work until I was encouraged to do so by my partner. Dr. Sotelo has a lot of experience and engaged with me in terms I understood. He provided me steps which I could grasp and I have more direction in my life.
Written on Dec 23, 2021 after therapy with Dominique for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, depression, coping with life changes, and career difficulties