Works with
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Arizona, Tennessee
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Lori
Lori Wilson is a licensed clinical social worker with twenty years of experience. She practices in Arizona and brings a calm, practical approach to sessions. Lori focuses on helping people manage stress, anger, anxiety, and addiction concerns.
Lori uses straightforward conversation to identify what matters most to each person. She draws on client-centered work to follow the person's lead and build trust. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and habits that fuel anxiety, mood problems, or anger.
Background and approach
Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about change. Lori supports people through stages of change by exploring motivation and setting small, realistic steps. She has long experience helping people work through trauma, grief, and relationship struggles.
Her background includes clinical social work education and long-term roles in mental health and substance use treatment. She has worked with people in residential and outpatient settings, leading individual sessions and groups for trauma, depression, and addiction recovery. That hands-on history informs how she plans goals with clients.
Sessions aim to be practical and focused. Lori helps with coping strategies for sleep, parenting strain, work stress, and mood swings. She also addresses more specific concerns such as hoarding, process addictions, and issues related to sexual assault and military service.
Lori offers sessions in English and provides several remote formats for convenience. People who want a straightforward, collaborative approach to change often find her style helpful.
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
- 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 Lori’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person's pace. The therapist helps people name their priorities and shape sessions around what they say matters most, which can be useful for stress, grief, and relationship concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online CBT sessions include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing small behavioral changes that reduce anxiety, anger, and low mood.
Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck about making a change. The method uses guided questions to build motivation, set realistic steps, and support progress on issues like substance use or lifestyle shifts.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, try methods that fit, and adjust as progress is made. That collaborative process helps identify what helps most for a given concern.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow a face-to-face feel, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat or messaging can suit quick check-ins or scheduling around busy days. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or daily life while keeping care consistent.
Questions people ask about Lori
What kinds of concerns does Lori help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, addictions, trauma, depression, self-esteem, grief, and many related issues such as hoarding and process addictions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She blends client-centered listening with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to set goals and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of experience in mental health and substance use treatment across residential and outpatient settings.
Where is Lori licensed and based?
She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with licensure in Tennessee and Arizona, and she practices from Arizona.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.