About Lori
Lori Mattix is a licensed clinical social worker with decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She approaches each person as an individual and aims to create a respectful, non-judgmental space for conversation and problem-solving. She draws on client-centered methods to prioritize the person’s goals and viewpoint.
Sessions focus on practical steps the client can take between meetings, and on building skills that fit day-to-day life.
Background and approach
Solution-focused work is used to identify strengths and small changes that move people forward. Lori has a long history of working with concerns such as ADHD, anger, addictions, grief, trauma and eating issues. She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care questions, attachment and family of origin issues, social anxiety, and multicultural concerns.
Her experience includes individual, group, and family counseling over many years. Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She listens first, then helps clients pick realistic goals and ways to reach them.
Many sessions involve practical strategies, short-term planning, and checking progress week to week. Clients who choose Lori can expect a therapist who values respect and trust. She offers flexible formats for sessions and works with adults and young adults who want steady support while navigating life’s challenges.
How client-centered and solution-focused therapy work online
Client-centered Therapy centers on the person’s own goals and perspective. The therapist listens carefully, reflects back what matters, and helps the client decide what to work on next. This approach helps with anxiety, low self-esteem, life transitions, and issues where understanding and validation are important.Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on strengths and small changes. Sessions often identify what is already working and what a small next step would look like. That style suits people who want clear, short-term goals for problems like stress, relationship concerns, or coping with change.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Lori will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and then recommend ways of working that fit those needs. The plan can be adjusted as progress is made or circumstances change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier with low bandwidth, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and messaging supports brief reflections between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep regular contact with licensed professionals.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intellectual disability
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 37 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English