About Lori
Lori Leftenant is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) who uses practical therapies to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, addictions, and ADHD-related concerns. She focuses on clear communication and building a trusting working relationship. Lori listens closely and lays out a straightforward plan for the issues you bring to sessions.
With 19 years in mental health, she combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy to match the person and the problem.
Background and approach
Lori adapts methods to fit each person’s needs rather than insisting on a single way of working. Sessions include goal-setting, skill practice, and short-term strategies to reduce distress. She helps people work through life changes, relationship strain, parenting stress, and challenges like depression, bipolar mood shifts, and sleep or eating concerns.
Lori also supports those dealing with trauma, substance use, anger, and caregiver fatigue. Her approach aims for practical improvements rather than abstract theories. People who prefer focused, task-oriented sessions tend to do well with her methods.
Mindfulness exercises and thought-pattern work are used alongside concrete steps for daily life. Lori explains techniques in simple terms and checks progress often. Based in Ohio, she draws on almost two decades of experience across clinical settings.
The emphasis is on respectful listening, teamed problem solving, and realistic plans for change. If you want a direct, compassionate approach to common mental health struggles, Lori offers a calm and organized path forward.
Practical approaches for online therapy and tools that fit your life
CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life steps. It helps with anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and managing mood swings by teaching concrete skills to change thinking and behavior.Mindfulness Therapy uses short attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and calm the mind. It can help with stress, grief, anger, and staying present when emotions feel overwhelming.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has helped before, then try approaches that suit those needs. Progress is reviewed together and methods are adjusted based on what is working.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let you work face to face for teaching skills and practicing new behaviors. Phone sessions can be easier when video isn't needed or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, coaching, or when a shorter touchpoint fits your day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and life changes.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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