About Lori
Lori Rolf is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood challenges, and life transitions. She practices from Minnesota and brings a calm, direct style to sessions. Lori listens carefully and works alongside people to set clear, achievable goals.
Her work often focuses on concerns such as depression, addiction, grief, trauma, and ADHD. She also supports people facing relationship strain, issues with intimacy, eating concerns, low self-esteem, and career stress.
Background and approach
Women's issues are an additional area of focus noted in her practice. Lori blends several practical approaches in her sessions. She uses client-centered methods to build a strong working relationship.
Cognitive behavioral techniques help identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more useful ones. Dialectical behavior strategies are used to teach emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills. Motivational interviewing can help when making changes feels overwhelming.
Mindfulness practices are offered to improve present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. She values collaboration and sets personalized treatment goals with each person. Sessions emphasize skill-building so people can try new ways of coping between visits.
Lori aims to make therapy a clear, manageable part of life rather than an added burden.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and partnering with the person to set meaningful goals, and it works well through conversation whether on video or phone. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors; its practical worksheets and skill practice fit neatly into online sessions. Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress-tolerance, and interpersonal skills that can be taught and practiced in brief exercises during remote meetings.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about current needs, goals, and preferences, then suggest techniques to try. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps and what feels manageable in day-to-day life.
Online formats offer flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited travel options. Video calls approximate face-to-face meetings and allow screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, step-by-step coaching, or when someone prefers written communication. These options make it easier to fit skill-building and consistent care into a regular routine.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota, California
- Languages
- English
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