About Lorie
Lorie Boyd is a licensed mental health counselor with 26 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship difficulties. She works with individuals who want clearer communication, healthier boundaries, and stronger coping skills. Her practice is based in New York and sessions are offered in English.
She uses straightforward, people-focused methods to make therapy practical. Lorie listens first and helps clients set small, manageable goals.
How Lorie works
She combines a client-centered stance with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Her work pays attention to how culture and discrimination shape feelings and relationships. She helps people who have faced prejudice, multicultural stress, or identity-related pressure to name those experiences and address their emotional impact.
She also supports those healing from sexual assault, domestic violence, or other traumatic experiences. Lorie also assists with parenting strain, family-of-origin issues, addiction concerns, and career stress. She helps people who struggle with social anxiety, intimacy-related issues, anger, or low self-esteem to build more useful habits and self-compassion.
First responder issues and coping after disasters are part of her focus as well. In sessions, she aims to create a respectful space where clients feel heard and understood. Therapy typically involves listening, practicing new ways of thinking, and trying small behavioral changes between meetings.
The overall goal is clearer communication, healthier relationships, and more stable emotional functioning.
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What Lorie works with
The areas below are the ones Lorie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 26 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How Lorie’s approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person’s experience. The therapist offers empathy and reflects what the client shares so people feel understood and can decide their own goals. This approach helps when someone needs validation, better self-understanding, or support making personal choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches simple skills to challenge unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and behavior patterns that get in the way of daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work and is decided together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Sessions may blend listening-focused work with skill practice so the plan fits the person’s needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging allows ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, care responsibilities, or a busy schedule.
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