About Lori
Lori Mcdunn is a licensed professional counselor with mental health service provider recognition, offering a decade of clinical experience. She practices in Tennessee and connects with people who are ready to address stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship strain, and other life challenges. Lori emphasizes a respectful, steady approach in sessions and aims to help people move toward more balance and meaning.
Her background includes work with trauma and survivorship concerns, including sexual assault and religious trauma.
How Lori works
She holds an M.Ed in Counseling and Human Services and is pursuing a PhD in Clinical Sexology, which informs her focus on intimacy-related issues and sexual health. Lori lists experience with mood concerns such as depression and bipolar symptoms, as well as attention differences and addictions. In therapy she draws on several approaches to match a person’s needs.
Lori uses cognitive behavioral strategies to challenge unhelpful thinking and acceptance-based skills to manage difficult feelings. She also integrates client-centered and skills-based methods to build coping tools and clearer communication. Sessions are practical and paced to the person’s comfort.
Lori helps people set realistic goals and tries to break problems into manageable steps. She also supports those dealing with grief, compassion fatigue, caregiver stress, and workplace pressures. People seeking help can expect straightforward conversation about their concerns, gentle exploration of painful memories when needed, and a focus on useful skills and decisions that improve daily life.
Lori lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC-MHSP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts without being driven by them and to commit to values-based actions. It is often used for anxiety, depression, complicated grief, and struggles with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors; it is commonly used for anxiety, mood symptoms, and coping with stress. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental relationship where the person’s goals guide the work and the therapist reflects and clarifies what comes up.Finding the best fit is a collaborative process. Lori will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences and then recommend approaches that fit those needs. The plan can change over time as goals shift or new skills are learned.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared visual cues, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth or travel is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep consistent momentum between sessions.
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