About Lorinda
Lorinda (Lori) Kniess is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida with 15 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and addiction. She focuses on making the first step less intimidating and building a trusting space where people can speak honestly. Lori encourages courage and gentle progress when life feels overwhelming.
She keeps early sessions simple and practical. Lori listens to what matters most, helps set clear short-term goals, and offers small strategies to try between meetings.
Background and approach
Those strategies often include noticing difficult thoughts, shifting behaviors, and practicing grounding skills to manage strong emotions. Lori uses a blend of approaches depending on the person’s needs. She draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and reduce avoidance, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and change unhelpful thinking.
Mindfulness and client-centered practices guide the pace so clients feel heard and respected. Her experience includes working with issues such as self-esteem, family of origin struggles, relationship communication, caregiver stress, abandonment, and body image. She also addresses substance use and behavioral patterns like codependency and control issues.
Lori aims to help people find steady ways to handle daily pressures and big transitions. Sessions are practical and down-to-earth. Lori focuses on skills that can fit into a busy life and on small changes that add up.
The goal is clearer thinking, fewer intense reactions, and a greater sense of direction.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values while learning to live with uncomfortable thoughts. It can be useful for anxiety, avoidance, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve mood. It is often helpful for anxiety, depression, and stress management. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a supportive, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist follows the client's lead and offers empathy and validation.Lori treats the choice of approach as a collaborative process. She will discuss what feels most useful and try methods that match the person's goals and preferences. Together they decide whether to focus on changing patterns, building acceptance, or using a mix of techniques over time.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes scheduling easier around work, caregiving, or travel. Phone calls and live chat can be lower bandwidth options and may work better for quick check-ins. Text-based messaging and shorter sessions can help maintain momentum between longer meetings and support steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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