About Lorri
Lorri Stiles is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Virginia with eight years of clinical experience. She began her career working with children and families and has strong background in behavior modification. Lorri focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, and major life changes.
She also supports those coping with compassion fatigue and substance concerns. Her sessions are straightforward and practical. She treats clients as the experts in their own lives and builds on the strengths they already have.
Background and approach
Conversations aim to identify patterns that cause distress and to create manageable steps for change. Lorri draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address mood concerns like depression and bipolar disorder, and to work through relationship and family stress. She has experience with attachment-related issues, abandonment, adoption and foster care topics, and body image or eating struggles.
Her range includes chronic illness and caregiver stress as well. She is comfortable talking about less common concerns such as BDSM, kink, antisocial and avoidant personality traits, and autism spectrum related issues. Lorri also supports people facing cancer, aging and geriatric matters, and the overlapping challenges of co-morbidity and codependency.
The first sessions focus on understanding what matters most to the individual and setting small, achievable goals. Progress is tracked in clear, everyday terms so people can see what’s changing. Lorri aims to make therapy a practical tool for coping and recovery.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques are used to make sessions clear and practical. One approach focuses on behavior change - identifying unhelpful routines and replacing them with small, manageable practices that reduce stress and improve daily functioning. This works well for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes.Another commonly used method targets trauma and grief by helping people tell their story in a safe, paced way and by building skills for emotion regulation and grounding. That approach is aimed at reducing overwhelming reactions and improving day-to-day coping. A third element emphasizes strengths and problem-solving, helping people spot what already works and expand those strategies into tougher situations.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Clients are invited to give feedback so sessions stay aligned with their needs and preferences.
Online sessions offer flexibility and different ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send brief updates, get support between sessions, or use a format that fits a busy schedule.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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