About

Dorann Mitchell, ACSW, LCSW

Life experience. Practice wisdom.

Psychodynamic, EMDR and Dialectical Behavior Therapy Specialist

I'm Dorann and I specialize in healing and personal growth through therapy and professional development through consultation, supervision and workshops.

I believe in the positive effects of therapy and have been both a recipient and witness to its life-changing benefits. I want to share with you what WORKS.

My approach is based upon years of training, teaching, and direct practice. I offer a unique blend of three evidence-based therapies: EMDR Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Attachment Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. These therapies complement each other and facilitate healing from trauma by creating and developing new patterns, and re-orienting your life to be more positive and fulfilling.

I am located in St. George, Utah. I offer telehealth sessions to residents of the states of Utah and Arizona, where I’m licensed to practice.

FOR PROFESSIONAL THERAPISTS:

Are you a professional seeking consultation or training to further your goals and expand your therapeutic skills?

MY EDUCATIONAL + PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:

I have lived and worked in multiple countries abroad and various states within the U.S.A. These experiences have provided a depth and breadth to my perspective that informs both my professional work and my personal life.

Wherever I have lived, the focus and goal of my work has been to improve the lives of individuals, families and communities through advocacy for mental health care, the development of many clinical and social programs, and the improvement of treatment outcomes.

I have been intensively trained in several therapies and currently hold a certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Children, Adolescents and Families awarded by the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, NYC, after the completion of a 3- year Fellowship. Intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) I created and taught the first DBT elective curriculum in the University of Utah’s MSW program, College of Social Work. Specializing in trauma treatment, I am an EMDRIA Certified Therapist, EMDRIA Approved Consultant and an EMDRIA Approved CEU provider in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy.

Seeing the need to address self-harm and suicidal ideation in teens, I have developed and implemented 3 Adolescent full DBT programs, was a past Director of Primary Children’s Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic, and an Adjunct and Assistant Professor in the College of Social Work at the University of Utah. There I served as the Chair of the Substance Use Concentration in the MSW program, the Director of Professional and Community Education, and the Director of the Substance Use Disorder Counselor Certificate Training Program. Committed to quality care and the training and mentorship of fellow professionals, I taught Practice classes for over twenty years and am honored to have been the recipient of several awards over the years: Professor of the Year, Clinical Supervisor and Director of the Year. From 2012-2016 I also had the pleasure of serving on the State of Utah’s Substance Use and Mental Health Advisory Council.