About Lori
Lori Hancock-Muck is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who focuses on practical, person-centered care. She uses straightforward talk and goal-focused work to help people facing addiction, anxiety, depression, relationship strains, and major life changes. Lori writes plans with each person she sees so problems feel more manageable.
With 15 years of counseling experience, Lori has worked across community mental health, outpatient substance use programs, and employee and student assistance settings.
Background and approach
That background gives her a clear picture of how stress and addiction affect daily life and relationships. She draws on this experience to make sessions relevant and realistic. She practices Client-Centered Therapy, which means she listens first and builds goals around what matters to the individual.
She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and change patterns that keep problems going. Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy help people find motivation and set practical steps forward. Lori tailors each plan to a person’s specific strengths, needs, and life demands.
She helps people work through issues such as grief, parenting strain, anger, sleep problems, codependency, and financial stress. Conversations are direct, respectful, and focused on making small, steady changes. Sessions mix short-term tools and longer-term coping skills so progress can be measurable.
Lori practices in Iowa and conducts counseling in English. She aims to support people who want clearer direction and usable strategies for moving forward.
Approach-focused care delivered online
Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s own goals at the center of sessions. Lori listens closely, reflects where you are, and helps shape goals that feel meaningful. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions; it offers concrete tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior that feed anxiety, depression, or problematic patterns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Lori will collaborate with each person to decide which techniques to use and will adjust the plan as goals evolve. The process is practical and joint - she helps set doable steps and checks progress together.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief, timely exchanges and can fit into busy days. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to use while keeping focus on meaningful change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Iowa
- Languages
- English