- Self-esteem work
- Life transitions
- CBT and DBT
About Lori
Lori Cunningham is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Recredentialed (LCSW-R) practicing in New York with 24 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem struggles, and coping with life changes. Lori also focuses on caregiver stress, social anxiety, and questions about life purpose.
Her style is collaborative and practical. Sessions often center on identifying immediate concerns and testing small changes that make daily life easier. She listens for patterns in relationships, mood, and behavior, then helps people try new ways of responding.
Lori uses a mix of approaches to match the situation. She pulls from client-centered work to keep the conversation focused on the person's priorities. She adds cognitive behavioral strategies to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Dialectical behavior techniques and solution-focused steps are used when people need emotion regulation skills or concrete next steps.
Typical topics include handling panic attacks, reducing social avoidance, repairing communication problems, and managing guilt or shame. She also supports men and women through midlife stresses and the strains of caregiving. Work on life purpose is described as practical exploration rather than a diagnosis.
Sessions aim to create clearer choices and small, testable changes. Lori emphasizes skill practice between meetings and collaborative planning during sessions. To begin, readers are advised to use the site's matching process and schedule a first session.
How Lori’s approaches translate to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on the client's priorities and experience. In practice this means conversations that follow what matters most to the person and help name what they want to change. This approach supports work on self-esteem, isolation, and life purpose questions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. It is used to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try concrete behavioral experiments. CBT is often applied to anxiety, panic attacks, and mood concerns.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills. These techniques help manage intense emotions and reduce impulsive reactions when stress is high.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that match the client's goals and current needs. Sessions can shift focus as goals change, for example moving from coping skills to planning next steps about work or relationships.
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm which online formats are available before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Therapists can also assign skill practice and brief exercises to reinforce progress between meetings.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
24+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include caregiver stress, communication problems, and life purpose.
How would she approach feeling stuck or directionless?
She uses collaborative, practical methods that identify small changes to try between sessions. Techniques include spotting thought patterns and testing new behaviors.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 24 years of clinical experience practicing as a therapist in New York. That experience includes work on mood disorders and panic-related concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW-R licensed in New York. Her practice is located in New York.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are used?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Pricing details are provided through the site's booking process.
How do I get started with her practice?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. That process begins the intake and scheduling steps.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.