About Lori
Lori Smith offers straightforward, practical support for people juggling relationships, parenting, work, and life transitions. She focuses on helping clients manage stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem concerns, and compassion fatigue. Lori uses clear tools and gentle guidance to help people get through hard moments and build daily routines that feel more manageable.
Her style centers on attending to four parts of a person: body, mind, emotions, and spirit. For the body she uses breathing, exercise, and sleep hygiene to reduce stress.
How Lori works
For the mind she helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and teaches skills for clearer communication and career planning. For emotions she helps people practice expressing feelings and building supportive social connections. For spirit she opens space to explore meaning and renewal when other resources feel drained.
Lori brings 27 years of professional experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC. She approaches sessions in a practical way, offering tools clients can use between meetings. She also incorporates short readings or exercises when those fit a person’s goals.
She works from a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy framework, using it to break down problems into manageable steps and change patterns that contribute to stress. Lori also attends to family of origin issues, multicultural concerns, and women’s issues when they relate to a client’s goals. Sessions are available using multiple online formats to fit different schedules.
Lori practices in Virginia and carries the LPC credential noted above.
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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.
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
Also listed
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Multicultural concerns
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 27 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
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Online support options
How Lori Uses CBT Online and What to Expect
Lori practices Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a hands-on approach that helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that increase stress. CBT often involves setting small goals, practicing new ways of thinking, and trying out different behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood.The online setting makes it easy to bring real-life problems into sessions. Lori works collaboratively to find the best way forward, adjusting tools and pacing based on a person’s needs and preferences. She checks in about what is working and what needs to change so the plan fits each individual.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video lets for face-to-face conversation when deeper work is needed. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging offer brief, flexible contact for coaching-style support or quick follow-ups between sessions.
These formats make scheduling easier and help people fit therapy into busy lives. Lori and other licensed professionals use the variety of options to tailor care and keep progress moving forward.
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