Lori Truesdell, LCSW

Lori Truesdell is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who uses practical methods to help people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, and depression. She brings 32 years of experience to sessions and aims to make therapy approachable and down-to-earth.

Her style is warm and steady. Lori focuses on clear, actionable steps people can try between appointments. She often uses humor to ease tension, help people connect, and make small changes feel possible.

Many clients come to her for help with loneliness, finding life purpose, panic attacks, social anxiety, and major life transitions. Lori listens for strengths and builds on what already works in someone’s life. She prefers plain language and straightforward tools rather than jargon-heavy explanations.

Sessions typically blend talking, simple exercises, and practice tasks to use in daily life. Lori encourages people to set short-term goals and track progress so the work feels useful and concrete. She aims for a respectful, steady space where people can try new ways of coping.

People choosing Lori can expect a gradual focus on rebuilding resilience and restoring a sense of direction. She helps identify patterns that get in the way and teaches alternative ways to respond. The goal is steady, practical change that fits real life.

Cognitive Behavioral Tools and Online Care

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life actions. It breaks problems into small, manageable steps and teaches skills for changing anxious or negative thinking patterns and behaviors.

In sessions Lori uses simple, task-oriented techniques drawn from CBT to reduce panic, ease social anxiety, and manage mood. The work often includes tracking situations, testing new responses, and practicing short exercises between meetings to build confidence and reduce symptoms over time.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Lori discusses options and tailors methods to a person’s goals, needs, and preferences so the plan feels realistic and useful. That choice is collaborative and can change as progress is made.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people read facial cues and use shared worksheets, phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a workday, and live chat or text-based messaging can support brief check-ins or real-time coaching between appointments. These options help people access steady, ongoing support while fitting therapy into busy lives.