Dorothy Pedro, LCSW

Dorothy Pedro is an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) with 25 years of clinical experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through difficult transitions and complex challenges. She has extensive experience working in acute care hospital settings, helping people and their loved ones process grief, trauma, suicidal crises, and life-changing medical illnesses while attending to practical and emotional needs.

Her clinical approach blends careful assessment and clear problem solving with motivational interviewing to help clients move forward from chaotic situations and set realistic goals. Dorothy has worked with military families and children and spent two years in a school-based homeless program providing meals, counseling, home visits, and resource coordination for families facing significant hardship. She routinely collaborates with schools, courts, and child protective services to support families who want to remain together and focus on practical steps toward safety and stability.

Dorothy provides couples counseling, family therapy, group work, and parenting skills education while learning from the strengths parents bring. She frequently uses systems theory as a framework - identifying leverage points in a family system so that changes in one area produce positive ripple effects elsewhere. Her style is compassionate and team-oriented, prioritizing the well being of children and caregivers and working with families at the level of intensity that best meets their needs. If a different resource would better serve a family, she will provide guidance toward appropriate help.