Lori Smith, LPC

Lori Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression, and relationship or intimacy-related struggles. She also supports clients working on eating and sleeping problems, parenting stress, anger, self-esteem, career questions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and other life changes. Lori practices in Arizona and speaks English.

She uses a whole-person approach that looks at thoughts, everyday habits, and how past experiences shape current life. Lori blends several therapy styles to fit each person’s needs. Sessions focus on identifying values, noticing unhelpful thinking, and building practical habits that make daily life easier.

Lori draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice patterns and try small changes. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy tools when emotional regulation or relationship patterns are central. Her background includes work with trauma and addiction concerns, and she has 11 years of experience as a clinician.

In sessions she aims to teach skills and offer clear strategies that can be practiced between meetings. Lori explains ideas plainly and tailors strategies to the client’s goals and motivation. She emphasizes understanding the roots of problems while also building skills for the present.

To begin, she asks people to identify meaningful life values and the habits that get in the way. From there she helps set small, concrete steps so progress feels manageable and real.

How Lori’s approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking small, values-based actions. It helps with anxiety, stress, and life transitions by teaching practical ways to move toward chosen goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and gives concrete exercises to test and change unhelpful thinking. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating concerns, and everyday habits. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication, which can help with intense emotions and relationship patterns.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to decide which methods fit best based on goals, preferences, and what shows up in early sessions. That plan can change as progress is made, and clients are involved in choosing next steps.

The original biography did not list which session formats are offered, so confirm the available online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people use therapy tools in the context of daily life, so habit changes can be practiced and reviewed between meetings.