About Lori
Lori Wilson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with two decades of experience helping people manage anxiety and other life stresses. She blends practical strategies with a calm, straightforward approach so conversations feel useful from the first session. She works with adults facing anxiety, depression, substance use concerns, trauma, and related struggles.
Lori draws on methods that break problems into manageable steps and help people build daily routines that support recovery and wellbeing.
Background and approach
Lori's background includes work with veterans, pregnant and postpartum people in residential treatment, and clients in inpatient and outpatient settings. That work involved individual therapy and group programs focused on trauma, mood concerns, and substance use. Her clinical experience spans both mental health and addiction treatment settings.
She holds a master’s degree in social work and a bachelor’s degree in social work, with a specialty in substance use disorder treatment and clinical services. Her credentials include LCSW in Tennessee and Arizona, which reflect her clinical licensure in those states.
In remote sessions Lori uses clear, practical techniques such as cognitive strategies and client-centered conversation to set small goals and track progress. She also uses motivational interviewing to support change efforts for addiction and behavior shifts. Sessions aim to feel collaborative and to leave people with doable next steps.
Her practice emphasizes steady skill building for sleep, stress, panic, and everyday coping. Lori helps people find routines that reduce overwhelm and make daily life more manageable.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's goals. In sessions Lori uses that approach to help people talk through what matters most and to shape the work around their priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks patterns into thoughts, feelings, and actions so people can try small behavior changes that ease anxiety and improve sleep. Motivational Interviewing supports people who want to change habits by exploring readiness and strengthening internal motivation.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Lori will discuss what feels helpful and adapt techniques to fit a client's needs, goals, and preferences. That collaboration helps set clear, realistic steps and keeps the plan flexible as progress unfolds.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care fit into daily life. Video is useful for conversations that benefit from face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging works well for brief check-ins, homework support, or when people prefer shorter written exchanges. These options make it simpler to keep continuity with therapy while balancing work, childcare, or other routines.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Arizona, Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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