Background

Lori earned her Master of Social Work from Bryn Mawr College and then spent more than 20 years as an information technology professional. The two fields may seem worlds apart, but she found they draw on the same core skills: active listening, pattern recognition, reading complex systems, and approaching people with curiosity. Returning to the therapeutic space let her combine decades of professional problem-solving with a genuine desire to help others heal. Her previous clinical experience includes work with children, families, and survivors of trauma, including child sexual abuse and domestic violence.

 

Lori's approach is warm, curious, collaborative, and grounded in compassion. Perfectionism, exhaustion, and trouble asking for help often began as adaptive ways of coping with hard experiences previously. She helps you trace those patterns back to where they came from, building self-compassion along the way that makes true healing possible. She helps you to build the groundwork for relationships, and a life, that actually reflect who you are, not who your history trained you to be. While the content may be heavy, the work doesn’t always need to take place in a somber room. Lori brings humor into sessions, as healing tends to stick when there's room for connecting through laughter. 

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Clinical Expertise:

• EMDR therapy

• Attachment based therapy

• Gestalt Therapy

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Areas of Expertise:

• PTSD therapy

• Complex PTSD therapy

• Grief and loss, including pet loss 

• Childhood trauma

• Attachment trauma, including perfectionism, chronic exhaustion/burn out, and struggling to ask for help when needed

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Specialty Populations:

• LGBTQ+ adolescents and adults

• Helping professionals and caregivers experiencing chronic burnout 

• Veterinary professionals experiencing burnout and/or compassion fatigue

• Individuals grieving the loss of a beloved companion animal

• People in recovery from substances misuse and/or other addictive coping behaviors, including people pleasing and perfectionistic tendencies

• People impacted by a loved one's substance use

• Young adult & Adult children of alcoholics (ACA) 

• Individuals navigating major life transitions, including divorce, break ups, and ambiguous loss 

• High-achieving professionals who struggle to identify their own needs

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Work with me to:

• Develop an internal sense of Self that matches your external actions, without guilt or shame for putting your needs first

• Understand how your past continues to shape your current relationships, emotions, and sense of Self.

• Recognize old survival strategies so you can develop greater self-compassion and mutually beneficial relationships 

• Move beyond surviving and toward building a life that aligns with your values, without the guilt that comes with putting yourself first

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*Lori is a licensed social worker in the state of Pennsylvania. Lori works under the clinical supervision of Joe Woodbridge, MSW, LCSW (CW022413).