About Lourna
Dr. Lourna Charles is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Pennsylvania who uses practical, person-centered methods to help people manage stress and anxiety. She draws on more than 11 years in the mental health field to offer steady support for relationship and mood concerns.
Her tone is warm and encouraging, aimed at building strength and clearer coping skills. Charles focuses on concrete steps clients can use right away.
Background and approach
She helps people build skills to manage worries, handle change, and repair communication problems. Sessions may include short goal-setting, skill practice, and exploring what keeps problems going. Her style blends cognitive ideas with humanistic values.
That means looking at thoughts and behaviors alongside personal values and strengths. She guides people to notice unhelpful patterns and try small, practical changes that fit their life. Dr.
Charles aims to create a welcoming, nonjudgmental space where people feel heard. She encourages clients to name what they want to change and to use personal strengths in the work. The focus is on realistic steps rather than quick fixes.
She also supports people coping with trauma, addiction, grief, parenting stress, intimacy issues, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and identity concerns related to LGBT matters. Her approach is to meet each person where they are and help them move toward clearer goals. Clients can expect a collaborative process that blends problem-solving with emotional support.
How cognitive and mindfulness approaches work online
Dr. Charles uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice and change thought and behavior patterns that keep anxiety and low mood active. CBT sessions often involve identifying unhelpful thoughts, trying small behavioral experiments, and practicing new skills between meetings.She also draws on Mindfulness Therapy to help clients learn simple attention and breathing exercises. Mindfulness can help reduce reactivity to stress and improve focus when worries feel overwhelming.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work with each client to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. That might mean trying CBT strategies for worry along with brief mindfulness practices, and then adjusting based on what helps most.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face work for skills training and deeper conversation. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good option for brief check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short updates, homework check-ins, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options let people access consistent care from different locations and at different times, improving flexibility and continuity of support.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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