About Lori
Lori Parrs is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in Florida with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical help for common struggles like anxiety, depression, addictions, eating and body image concerns, and ADHD. Lori aims to create a calm, accepting space where people can start making changes at their own pace.
She has worked in varied settings and with diverse people, so she is used to flexible approaches.
Background and approach
Her style is warm and action-oriented, combining listening with hands-on tools people can try between sessions. Lori pays attention to where someone is in the change process and adjusts accordingly. In sessions she mixes techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness with client-centered care and acceptance strategies.
That means she helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts, try small behavior changes, and develop self-compassion. She also uses skills from dialectical behavior therapy when emotion regulation or distress tolerance is needed. Lori often supports clients dealing with relationship strain, parenting stress, grief, trauma, and career transitions.
She addresses deeper themes such as attachment wounds, abandonment, guilt, and shame alongside practical goals like reducing substance use or improving eating habits. Her approach aims to balance immediate relief with long-term growth. Lori works collaboratively to build clear steps, track progress, and adjust plans when life shifts.
Many clients find this mix of empathy and structure useful when facing difficult changes.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts and move toward meaningful action. It focuses on values and small steps people can take even when feelings are uncomfortable, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to change thinking and behavior patterns. That can include identifying distorted thoughts, testing new behaviors, and building routines for things like sleep, mood, or eating habits.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lori will collaborate with each person to choose strategies that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in on what’s helping and adjusts the plan as progress is made or circumstances change.
Online therapy offers several practical advantages. Video calls let you see facial expressions and use worksheets in real time. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a lunch break or commute. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, mood tracking, coaching between sessions, or when writing helps clarify thoughts. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Eating disorders
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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