Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
How Lori works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Lori
Lori Brinkley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of clinical experience. She practices in North Carolina and helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and anger. Lori focuses on real-life problems and practical skills so clients can make concrete changes in day-to-day living.
Her style is warm and direct. Lori mixes empathy with clear feedback so clients learn new ways to cope. Humor is part of her sessions and she uses it to lower tension and make hard work feel doable.
Background and approach
Over her career she has helped people manage parenting and co-parenting challenges, relationship problems, career stress, and compassion fatigue. She also supports those dealing with adoption and foster care issues, family of origin struggles, and first responder stress.
She offers a particular option called "couple's counseling for one" where a single partner learns skills to improve a relationship when the other partner is not attending therapy. Lori draws on client-centered methods alongside Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. She also integrates mindfulness and solution-focused techniques to tailor sessions to each person's goals.
Sessions aim to build skills, set boundaries, and shift unhelpful patterns. Outside of work Lori enjoys spending time outdoors, chasing waterfalls, and reading suspense novels. She describes growth as a step-by-step process and invites people ready to make changes to reach out and begin practical work toward greater balance and connection.
What Lori works with
Everything Lori lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Lori's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lori lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- 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.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Lori often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and anger. CBT gives concrete homework and tools that transfer well to daily life.She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication. DBT skills are practical and can help during intense moments or relationship conflicts.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. Lori will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and current circumstances. She adjusts strategies over time as needs change and as people learn what helps them most.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skills practice, phone can work when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing coaching and quick strategy reminders. This variety helps people fit therapy into work, parenting, or caregiving routines while keeping progress moving forward.
Questions people ask about Lori
What kinds of concerns does Lori address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and anger as well as relationship and parenting challenges. Additional focuses include adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, codependency, and intimacy-related problems.
What is her general therapy style?
Lori combines a warm, supportive approach with direct, clear feedback. She uses humor and practical exercises to help people learn coping skills and change patterns.
How long has she worked in this field?
She brings 25 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of life stressors and relational issues.
Where is Lori licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in North Carolina and practices there.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Appointments can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Lori?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.