Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
How Lori works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 17
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Lori
Lori Salinas is a California-licensed marriage and family therapist with 17 years of professional experience. She focuses on practical ways to reduce stress, manage anger, and ease anxiety so daily life feels more manageable. Lori speaks plainly and aims to make first steps feel doable for someone who is worried or overwhelmed.
Her work centers on teaching concrete tools rather than long lectures. She helps people learn quick coping skills for panic or intense reactions.
Background and approach
She also supports those who are facing trauma, depression, or difficulty with relationships and communication. Lori pays attention to what already works in a person's life and builds on those strengths. She talks through patterns like control issues, impulsivity, or attachment worries and helps a person try different responses.
When parenting concerns come up, she offers straightforward strategies to ease conflict and improve routines. Sessions are practical and goal-focused, with steps that can be used between meetings. Lori uses evidence-based techniques to address panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, social anxiety, and workplace stress.
She encourages small changes that add up over time. People who prefer a calm, direct approach tend to find her style helpful. She understands starting therapy takes courage and aims to make the process clear and manageable from the first contact.
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
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches that translate well to online work
Two evidence-based approaches Lori uses are skills-based coping work and trauma-focused methods. Skills-based coping teaches short tools you can use in the moment for anxiety, panic, or anger - breathing, grounding, and step-by-step behavior changes that help stop intense reactions. Trauma-focused methods look at how past events affect current reactions and introduce paced strategies to reduce triggers and improve daily functioning.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Lori collaborates with each person to decide which techniques fit their goals and comfort level. She starts with simple practices and adjusts as needs change, so the plan evolves with the client.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let you work face to face without travel. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is a concern. Live chat and messaging are handy for brief check-ins, skill reminders, or scheduling around busy days. These options make it easier to fit consistent care into a hectic life while using practical tools between contacts.
Questions people ask about Lori
What concerns does she commonly address?
Lori works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, anger, and depression. She also focuses on issues like attachment, impulsivity, panic, and workplace stress.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is practical and skill oriented, with clear steps to use between sessions. Lori favors plain language and short, actionable strategies.
How much experience does she have?
She has 17 years of professional experience delivering therapeutic support in California.
What credential does she hold and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in California.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How do costs and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; services use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.