About Lora

Lora Casteline is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with over two decades of experience in mental health and substance use care. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, grief, and mood challenges find clearer ways to cope. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, focused on practical steps that fit each person's life.

Clients can expect an open space to talk through difficult thoughts and feelings without judgment.

Background and approach

Lora emphasizes skills people can use between sessions, such as behavior changes and coping strategies. She draws on methods that break problems into smaller parts and teach new ways to respond. Her background includes long experience supporting people with depression, bipolar symptoms, and ADHD-related struggles, as well as those dealing with substance use and recovery.

She also addresses issues like guilt, shame, family of origin concerns, and life purpose. That range helps when problems overlap or feed into one another. Lora often uses structured techniques to help people change unhelpful thinking and behavior.

She also incorporates skills for emotion regulation and mindfulness to reduce reactivity. Motivational approaches are used when people want support making lasting changes, such as cutting back or quitting smoking or vaping. Her work is practical and goal-oriented while remaining warm and nonjudgmental.

People who want clear tools, steady guidance, and a collaborative approach may find her style a good fit. Sessions focus on small, achievable steps toward better daily functioning and emotional balance.

Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life

CBT or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thinking and change behaviors that keep problems going. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and habits related to addiction. DBT or Dialectical Behavior Therapy focuses on teaching emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills to reduce intense reactions and risky behaviors.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they will try techniques and adjust the plan so the work fits the person's needs and pace.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video allows face-to-face conversations; phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support ongoing coaching and brief reflections between meetings. These options help fit therapy into work breaks, busy days, or different schedules while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady progress.

Questions people ask

What concerns does she help address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, career worries, bipolar and depression, and ADHD among other issues.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her approach is practical and collaborative, using skills-based work, emotion regulation, and motivational conversations to help people change behaviors.
How long has she been practicing?
She brings 23 years of experience in mental health and substance use care to her work with clients.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for online therapy sessions.
How are sessions priced?
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?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.

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Experience
23 years
Licensed
Pennsylvania
Languages
English

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