- Years in practice
- 12
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Licensed in
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Lorey
Lorey Simons is an Ohio-based licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) with 12 years of experience. She centers sessions on the person's goals and preferences and aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space for parents and individuals facing everyday struggles. She uses client-centered methods so clients guide the work and stay involved in decisions about goals and next steps.
That approach pairs with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy, like journaling and noticing unhelpful thought patterns.
Background and approach
Together these methods help people manage anxiety, stress, sleep problems, and low mood. Lorey has extensive experience helping people process trauma and the anxiety that can follow. She draws on solution-focused strategies and motivational interviewing to set clear, achievable steps when someone is feeling stuck.
This combination supports movement toward better communication, boundaries, and coping skills. Many clients seek help for relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, blended family stress, and caregiver burnout. Lorey also works with concerns such as grief, anger, self-harm, gender dysphoria, and patterns rooted in family of origin problems.
Sessions address what is happening now and practical ways to change daily routines and reactions. Sessions may include short exercises, reflective conversation, and homework like journaling or behavioral experiments. The aim is to leave each meeting with at least one small, doable step toward the client’s goals.
Lorey communicates clearly about options so parents can fit therapy into a busy life.
What Lorey works with
Everything Lorey lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Lorey helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Impulsivity
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Lorey lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach-focused online care for practical change
Client-centered therapy places the client at the center of each session. The therapist follows the clients lead, listens without judgment, and helps the client decide goals and priorities. This approach is useful when someone wants to feel more involved in planning their path forward.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, emphasizes noticing how thoughts influence feelings and behavior. It uses tools like journaling and cognitive reframing to reduce symptoms of anxiety, panic, and depression and to improve sleep and daily routines.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with the client to choose methods that match their needs and preferences. Together they try strategies, check what helps, and adjust the plan as goals shift over time.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. Video helps with face-to-face conversation; phone is useful when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging can support quick check-ins, shorter reflections, and ongoing prompts between longer sessions. These options make it easier to maintain consistency while balancing parenting and daily responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Lorey
What kinds of concerns are commonly addressed?
Issues include stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, sleep problems, grief, trauma and abuse, and caregiver stress. Additional focus areas cover blended family issues, communication problems, and coping with life changes.
How does the therapist approach sessions and style of work?
Sessions emphasize a client-centered style where the person helps direct the work. Practical methods from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused techniques are used to set goals and practice small changes between sessions.
What background and experience does the therapist have?
The clinician has 12 years of experience working with anxiety, trauma-related anxiety, and a wide range of relationship and family concerns. That experience includes using journaling and cognitive work to address negative thought patterns.
Where is the therapist licensed and practicing?
The therapist holds an OH LPCC credential and practices from Ohio. Session formats are offered through online methods rather than an in-person office listed here.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available for remote care?
Therapy can be delivered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and is provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Specific pricing details are provided during enrollment and matching.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After matching, schedule sessions according to the therapists availability.
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