About Lora
Lora Hack is a licensed clinical social worker with 19 years of practice in Virginia. She focuses on adult individual therapy and helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns. Her approach centers on listening closely and building trust so people feel seen and understood.
She helps people connect with their authentic selves and increase self-awareness. Sessions often focus on reducing symptoms like panic, sleep disruption, obsessive thoughts, and low mood.
How Lora works
She also addresses specific struggles such as codependency, abandonment, and issues related to identity and intimacy. Her work draws from several therapeutic approaches to match each person's needs. Techniques include methods that emphasize present-moment awareness, changing unhelpful thinking patterns, and telling the stories that shape how someone feels.
She aims for a warm, nonjudgmental atmosphere where people can try new ways of coping at a comfortable pace. Lora places importance on practical skills as well as exploring past experiences that influence current patterns. People may practice behavioral tools between sessions to build resilience and reduce reactivity.
She also supports those dealing with career strain, caregiving fatigue, and life transitions. Sessions are collaborative and paced to the individual's readiness. The overall goal is to strengthen self-worth, improve relationships, and develop steady coping strategies for handling stress and change.
Lora lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Lora works with
The areas below are the ones Lora selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 19 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms like panic, obsessions, and low mood. It often includes practical exercises and homework to build new habits.The right approach often emerges over time. The therapist will work together with each person to pick and adjust methods based on goals, symptoms, and personal preference. That collaborative process helps find what actually helps day to day instead of committing to one path from the start.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit into a break or require less bandwidth, and live chat or messaging can work well for brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule regular work on stress, trauma recovery, and relationship issues without major travel or time lost.
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