Loraine (Lori) Sawyer
Practical, compassionate therapy for real-life challenges
LPCC, LMHC Hawaii
- Experience
- 15 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing
- Languages
- English
About Loraine
Loraine (Lori) Sawyer welcomes people seeking practical tools to manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, and recovery from trauma. She works with clients who want concrete skills to reduce symptoms, improve daily functioning, and build on personal strengths.
Background and approach
Lori's practice emphasizes collaboration and steady progress rather than quick fixes. With 15 years of clinical experience and licensure as an LPCC and LMHC, Lori draws on cognitive behavioral techniques alongside trauma-focused and solution-oriented methods to tailor sessions to each person's needs.
Her background includes supporting parents of children with special needs and young adults who have experienced trauma, and she addresses a broad range of concerns from mood disorders and OCD to addiction and compassion fatigue. Lori aims to combine empathy and clear skill-building so clients can practice new strategies in everyday life.
Based in Hawaii, she offers multiple online session formats to increase accessibility and meet people where they are. Lori frames therapy as a partnership that honors resilience and focuses on actionable change while remaining attentive to each client's story and pace.
Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care
Many clients find cognitive behavioral therapy helpful for identifying unhelpful thought patterns and learning practical strategies to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and address obsessive or compulsive behaviors. Motivational interviewing supports people who are ambivalent about change by exploring their values and strengthening internal motivation for new habits. Both approaches focus on clear goals and teach skills that can be practiced between sessions to create steady progress.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Lori works with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences, and then selects or combines methods that fit those priorities. Clients are involved in setting goals and evaluating what techniques are most useful as therapy unfolds.
Online therapy with Lori is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These formats make it easier to schedule sessions around work, childcare, or geographic constraints and allow clients to practice skills in their everyday environments while maintaining regular contact with a licensed professional.
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Experience
15+ years
Licensed
Hawaii, California
Languages
English