Dorothy Drew Stenehjem, LCSW

Psychotherapist · Adults 65+ · Medicare Accepted

Life after 65 can bring unexpected weight. A shift in identity. The loss of someone you love. A diagnosis that changes everything. Or simply a quiet sadness that won't lift.

Working with adults navigating these moments is what this practice is about. Whether you are dealing with depression, anxiety, grief, loneliness, or the emotional toll of a health change, therapy can help — and you can access it from home, in your own time, at your own pace.

Virtual psychotherapy, available throughout California and covered by Original Medicare.

Depression & Low Mood
Anxiety & Worry
Emotional Adjustment to Aging
Grief & Loss
Loneliness & Social Isolation
Adjustment to New Medical Diagnosis
Life Transitions
Caregiver Stress & Burnout
Substance Use & Addiction

My approach is straightforward — to help you make sense of what you are feeling and find your way through it. Sessions are collaborative and unhurried, grounded in your actual life rather than a clinical framework. We work at your pace, on what matters most to you, until you begin to feel more like yourself again.

All sessions are by secure video, or by phone for those who prefer it.

A Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of clinical experience — including work at McLean Hospital and as a spiritual care counselor at the Betty Ford Center — this practice is focused exclusively on adults 65 and older. It is work that feels like a calling.

This stage of life carries a particular kind of weight. The losses are real, the changes are real, and the feelings that come with them are often minimized or misunderstood by the people closest to you. This is a space where that doesn't happen — where you are heard, and where we find your footing together.