Lori Smith
Calm practical guidance for life transitions
LPC Virginia
- Experience
- 27 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Relationship, Parenting, Coping with life changes
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Languages
- English
About Lori
Lori Smith is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Virginia who focuses on supporting women in their mid 20s to mid 40s through life transitions, anxiety, relationship and parental guidance, and related concerns.
Background and approach
With 27 years of clinical experience, she frames wellbeing as a balance among body, mind, emotions, and spirit, helping clients strengthen each area so they can better manage everyday stresses and changes. Her approach blends practical skills with thoughtful reflection.
Lori uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques to identify and reframe unhelpful thoughts, while also teaching breathing, sleep, and movement strategies to reduce physiological stress. Emotional processing and communication skills are woven into sessions, along with opportunities to explore spiritual growth when clients seek that dimension of support.
Sessions address issues such as parenting challenges, career or life transitions, grief, compassion fatigue, ADHD concerns, self-esteem, and multicultural or family-of-origin topics. Lori does not provide services for men, couples, employee assistance programs, substance abuse, depression, psychosis, or other severe conditions.
She offers a practical, strengths-oriented style designed to help clients build tools they can apply between sessions.
CBT and Practical Support Delivered Online
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to help clients identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns and build actionable coping skills. It is particularly useful for addressing anxiety, stress, and self-esteem concerns by combining thought work with behavior change strategies.
Lori also emphasizes mind-body techniques that support emotional regulation, such as breathing exercises, sleep hygiene, and movement to reduce physiological stress. These practices complement cognitive work by helping clients lower arousal and improve focus so therapeutic learning transfers to daily life.
Finding the right therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each client to clarify goals and preferences, then adjusts methods so interventions fit the client's needs. This collaborative exploration helps determine when CBT techniques, body-focused strategies, or a combination are the best path forward.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit consistent care into busy schedules and to choose the communication style that feels most comfortable, allowing clients to access ongoing support from wherever they are located within the therapist's practice area.
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Experience
27+ years
Licensed
Virginia
Languages
English