About Lorri
Lorri Hanson is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with ten years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She works with individuals facing depression, trauma and abuse, and perinatal mood challenges. Lorri emphasizes each person's strengths and focuses on practical steps toward change.
She believes clients are the experts on their own lives. In sessions she listens first and then offers tools that fit the person's goals. Her style is collaborative and straightforward, aimed at building skills and restoring hope.
Background and approach
Lorri uses a mix of approaches tailored to the problem at hand. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Mindfulness strategies teach simple practices to reduce overwhelm and stay present.
For trauma-related concerns she draws on therapies that process upsetting memories and reduce their hold on daily life. She also uses techniques that teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance when strong feelings get in the way of functioning. Clients can expect short-term skill-building alongside deeper work when it feels needed.
Sessions focus on practical coping, clearer decision making, and rebuilding energy for daily life. Lorri offers phone, video, chat, and text-based formats to make counseling fit into busy schedules.
Practical approaches for online healing and coping
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist. It involves listening closely and helping people clarify their goals so changes feel realistic and meaningful. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions interact and teaches straightforward strategies to reduce anxiety and depression. These strategies can include small behavior changes and ways to notice and reframe upsetting thoughts.Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, brings skill-based training for strong emotions and relationship stress. It offers tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication, which help when feelings feel overwhelming. Lorri works with clients to find which mix of these approaches fits best, and she adjusts methods as progress is made. Finding the right approach is collaborative - the therapist and client plan goals, try strategies, and shift course when needed.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text are useful for quick check-ins or when typing feels more comfortable. These options help fit counseling into busy days and varied routines while keeping focus on consistent progress.
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- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English
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