About Lori
Lori Houppert is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in New York who focuses on helping people cope with trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, and life changes. She writes and speaks plainly and aims to make first appointments feel less daunting. Lori’s style is warm and supportive, so people often find it easier to talk about difficult things.
She has 12 years of clinical experience working across agency settings and elementary schools.
Background and approach
Much of her work has involved trauma, abuse, loss, and disruptions in family life. She also helps people manage parenting stress, relationship strain, career transitions, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Lori blends several practical approaches in session.
She centers conversations on the person in front of her and uses client-centered methods to respect each person’s pace. She also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify thought and behavior patterns that cause distress. Mindfulness and trauma-focused strategies appear when they fit the situation, offering tools for grounding and processing painful memories.
Sessions aim to create clear steps that feel doable between meetings. Her background in school and agency settings informs how she supports people through everyday challenges. Lori encourages small, steady changes and works with clients to set realistic goals they can reach over time.
Approaches and what online therapy can offer
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following the client’s lead so sessions move at a comfortable pace. It helps people who need a supportive space to sort through feelings and decide what matters most to them.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions affect mood. It offers concrete strategies for changing unhelpful thinking and building new habits, which can help with anxiety, depression, and daily stress.
Trauma-focused methods provide ways to address painful memories and their effects on daily life. These tools can reduce reactivity and improve coping after abuse, loss, or disruptive events.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust based on what works best for the individual. Clients help shape the plan and decide which techniques fit their life and needs.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet without traveling. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when video isn't an option, live chat can be useful for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep consistent momentum toward goals.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English