- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Arizona, Tennessee
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Lori
Lori Wilson is a licensed clinical social worker with two decades of clinical experience. She holds a master of social work and uses straightforward, client-centered methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, and parenting challenges. She mixes Client-Centered Therapy with practical Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) skills and Motivational Interviewing.
Sessions focus on clear goals and workable steps people can use between meetings. Lori prioritizes a calm, respectful tone and helps clients sort through feelings and behaviors in simple terms.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with people affected by substance use and trauma, and experience in residential and outpatient settings. That work shaped her ability to guide people through grief, recovery, mood problems, and major life changes. She also brings experience supporting issues such as sleep, eating concerns, and anger.
Lori is licensed as an LCSW in Tennessee and Arizona. She uses a practical approach to address relationship concerns, self-esteem, LGBT issues, parenting stress, and compassion fatigue. Her practice aims to meet each person where they are and build manageable skills for daily life.
Sessions may include skill teaching, problem-solving, and motivational conversations to help people move toward their goals. She works in English and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
What Lori works with
Everything Lori lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Lori helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Isolation / loneliness
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Lori lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and supporting each person to find their own answers. It helps when someone needs a nonjudgmental space to untangle feelings and make decisions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical strategies to notice unhelpful thinking and change behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing stress with clear exercises and homework.
Motivational Interviewing uses gentle, goal-focused conversations to boost a person’s own motivation to change. It can be especially useful for substance use concerns and when people feel stuck or ambivalent about change.
Finding the right combination is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try approaches that fit their needs, and adjust methods over time. Clients help set priorities and decide which techniques feel most useful.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls let people work face to face from different locations, phone sessions use less data and can be quicker check-ins, and live chat or text messaging supports shorter check-ins or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options offer flexibility so people can choose the format that best suits their schedule and comfort.
Questions people ask about Lori
What concerns does Lori commonly address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, grief, and related issues like sleep and eating concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are practical and conversational, focused on clear goals, skills practice, and motivational conversations to support change.
What experience does she bring?
She has about 20 years of experience working in residential and outpatient settings, including work with people affected by substance use and trauma.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential in Tennessee and Arizona and practices from Arizona.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How are costs and scheduling handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
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