About Lori
Lori Gordon is a licensed clinical social worker with 16 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship concerns. She writes in plain terms and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Lori aims to make the first step feel less overwhelming and meets each person where they are.
Lori adapts conversations and plans to fit individual needs. She listens for what matters most and offers tools that suit everyday life.
Background and approach
That can mean learning new skills for handling anxiety, naming patterns that undermine self-esteem, or finding ways to grieve and move forward. Her background includes work across a range of concerns from parenting and intimacy-related issues to career stress and ADHD. Lori also supports people dealing with abandonment, attachment wounds, chronic illness or pain, and control or communication problems.
She brings experience helping people navigate major life changes like divorce, loss, or disaster-related stress. Lori uses several practical therapy approaches to guide sessions. She blends methods focused on thoughts and behaviors with emotion-focused work and mindfulness-based strategies.
The goal is to create a tailored plan that fits a person’s values and daily routines. Sessions are offered in English and arranged through a subscription model. Lori is licensed in Missouri as an LCSW and works with a variety of concerns while adapting to each person’s story.
If you are ready to begin, she will help you map out the next steps.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. It pairs simple exercises with everyday actions to ease anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors to reduce distress; it is often used for anxiety, sleep problems, and mood concerns and works well in structured remote sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then shape a plan that mixes techniques as needed. That collaborative process helps ensure the methods chosen fit the person's life and needs rather than forcing a single style.
Online therapy offers flexibility and easier scheduling through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth needs. Live chat or text sessions suit quick check-ins, written reflection, or when a shorter interaction fits into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while adapting to daily routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English