Lora Barrett , LCSW, LMSW

Lora Barrett is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience practicing in Michigan and Florida. She holds the Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and began her career helping people manage common life stressors. Lora focuses on practical ways to reduce anxiety and build confidence so daily life feels more manageable.

She helps people cope with grief and loss and navigate major life changes with steady, calm guidance. Lora works with concerns like low mood, stress, and self-esteem difficulties. She also supports those facing aging and geriatric issues, cancer-related challenges, and caregiver strain, and she offers attention to women's issues.

Lora approaches each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on. In sessions she listens, asks clarifying questions, and helps set small, realistic goals that fit daily routines. Her style is straightforward and encouraging, aimed at steady progress rather than quick fixes.

Practical tools and problem-solving are part of her work, along with space to talk through painful feelings. She will help identify coping strategies that can be used between sessions. Over time she supports clients in noticing changes and adjusting plans when needed.

Sessions are offered in English and provided through a mix of formats to suit different needs. Lora emphasizes collaboration and helps people make decisions about next steps based on their goals and life demands.

Practical therapeutic approaches for online care

She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that emphasize clear steps and measurable change. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with real-life experiments to reduce anxiety and low mood. This helps people notice what thoughts are driving stress and try small changes to see if they feel different.

Another approach centers on skills and routines that improve day-to-day coping. That can include building brief behavioral experiments, activity scheduling to lift mood, and short problem-solving exercises for immediate concerns like caregiver tasks or cancer-related demands. These tools are meant to be used between sessions so progress can continue outside of appointments.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and practical limits, then suggest methods to try. This is collaborative - adjustments are made as needs and responses become clearer.

Online therapy offers a flexible way to keep regular contact. Video calls let people have face-to-face conversation from wherever they are, phone sessions fit times with limited bandwidth or multitasking, and live chat or text-based messaging can work for quick check-ins or shorter reflections. These options make it easier to maintain momentum and fit therapy around work, caregiving, and medical appointments.