About Lori
Dr. Lori Malkasian is a licensed marriage and family therapist with a Doctor of Psychology in counseling and two decades of clinical experience. She offers calm, practical guidance for people facing common life stresses.
Her approach is straightforward and aimed at helping clients find clearer ways to cope and move forward. She focuses on issues such as anxiety, depression, stress, parenting challenges, anger, addictions, and ADHD. She also addresses trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, career concerns, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue.
How Lori works
Additional interests include adoption and foster care, autism and Asperger syndrome, blended family issues, and veteran and armed forces issues. Dr. Malkasian commonly uses client-centered work paired with cognitive behavioral techniques to help people change unhelpful patterns.
She also draws on emotionally-focused strategies and mindfulness to teach emotional regulation. Narrative therapy is used to help clients reframe their stories and find new meaning. Her style is collaborative and practical.
Sessions typically involve talking through problems, trying small behavior changes, and practicing coping skills between meetings. She encourages steady progress and checks in about how new strategies feel in daily life. Dr.
Malkasian provides services from South Carolina and works with English-speaking clients, including international clients. Her goal is to help people feel less overwhelmed and more capable of handling life’s ups and downs.
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What Lori works with
The areas below are the ones Lori selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Depression
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | South Carolina |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Dr. Malkasian blends client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to meet clients online. Client-centered work focuses on listening and understanding each person’s experience, helping them feel heard and involved in decisions. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change patterns that cause distress.She also uses emotionally-focused ideas when feelings are overwhelming, helping people notice and name emotions and learn ways to soothe themselves. Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist and client talk about goals, try methods, and adjust based on what helps most in everyday life.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and exercises. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people send quick updates or process things between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, school, and family demands.
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