Louise Jennifer Dogan
LCSW, LICSW, MA, QS
Born and raised in New York, Lou also calls Washington DC and Miami Beach, home. With graduate degrees in both Social Work and Forensic Psychology, her 25+ years of clinical work has spanned a variety of settings from the Brooklyn DA’s office to Fairfax Hospital to the Miami-Dade Public Schools, where she continues to work in a high school and an elementary school with high-need, low resourced students and their families.
Having navigated profound personal loss and supported family members with neurodivergent needs, she developed a passion for walking alongside others in their most vulnerable moments. As a multicultural woman and a member of a religious minority, Louise’s work is also deeply shaped by her understanding of identity, belonging, and the impact of cultural context on mental health.
Approach & Values
Louise’s warmth, insight, and practical strategies help people feel more empowered and connected while developing tools that align with their values and goals. She helps people transform overwhelm and isolation from life transitions, racial and cultural identity and systemic stressors, into resilience, passion, and purpose.
Louise is especially passionate about supporting parents—particularly those navigating the complexities of separation, divorce, single parenting, and raising neurodivergent children.
Specialties
- Kids, Adolescents, Families
- Couple & Relationship Issues
- Parenting Support & Co-Parenting Counseling
- Neurodivergence including ASD, ADHD, Learning Differences
- Grief, Loss & Bereavement
- Anxiety Disorders including c-PTSD
- Cultural & Racial Identity Support
- Life Transitions & Post Traumatic Growth
- School Based Mental Health
- Mindfulness & Stress Management