About Lori
Lori Matheson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan who focuses on practical help for everyday struggles. She welcomes people dealing with stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, relationship and family concerns, depression, grief, ADHD, addictions, and life transitions. Lori aims to make first steps feel doable and supportive rather than overwhelming.
Her work centers on clear, straightforward conversations. Lori listens to each person's story and helps them identify strengths they can use right away.
Background and approach
She blends problem-solving skills with mindfulness and perspective work to ease strong emotions and improve daily routines. Over a 15-year career she has helped people facing a wide range of issues, including trauma and abuse, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, career decisions, and chronic illness or pain. Lori also supports those coping with caregiving strain, aging concerns, and body image or commitment worries.
She uses a mix of approaches to match what each person needs in the moment. Lori draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, attachment-focused ideas, and client-centered listening. Sessions often include practical exercises, small behavior changes, and attention to values and relationships.
The goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes. She offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Lori works with people who want down-to-earth guidance and a steady, collaborative partner as they make changes.
Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and learn small steps to act toward those values even when feelings are strong. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them through changes in behavior and routine; it works well for anxiety, sleep issues, and mood challenges. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at connection and relationship patterns to help people change how they relate to others and feel safer in close relationships.Finding the right approach is a team effort. Lori works with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level. She adjusts strategies over time and keeps the plan practical, checking in about what helps and what needs to change.
Online therapy offers flexibility and a range of ways to connect. Video calls are useful for conversations that benefit from face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, and easier scheduling around work or caregiving. These options make it simpler to build steady, consistent work toward change.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Depression
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English