About Lori
Dr. Lori Ferreira is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Hawaii who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting concerns. She speaks plainly and listens closely to each person’s story.
Her manner is warm and interactive, with an emphasis on respect and compassion. She believes clients bring important strengths and life knowledge into sessions. Dr.
Ferreira works alongside people to build on those strengths and address what feels overwhelming.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on practical steps people can try between sessions. Her approach blends client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral techniques. That means she starts by understanding each person’s priorities, then offers tools to change thought and behavior patterns when useful.
Mindfulness and existential ideas also appear in sessions when they fit the person’s needs. In practice she and the client create a simple plan for progress. That plan might include short exercises, ways to spot unhelpful thoughts, or small behavioral experiments.
Sessions are interactive and aim to leave people with clear next steps. Dr. Ferreira has worked in counseling for 16 years in Hawaii.
She supports people coping with grief, relationship and family problems, anger, compassion fatigue, ADHD, social anxiety, and questions about life purpose. Her style is steady, encouraging, and focused on usable strategies.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Dr. Ferreira commonly uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening without judgment and helping people find their own direction; it is useful for building self-esteem and working through life changes. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors; it is often helpful for anxiety, depression, and coping strategies.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Then she and the client will try approaches and adjust them over time so the work fits the person's needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework support, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make scheduling more flexible and help people fit counseling into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Hawaii
- Languages
- English
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