Lori Arceneaux , LCSW

Lori Arceneaux is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Louisiana with 22 years of experience. She emphasizes a client-centered approach and helps people sort through stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, parenting concerns, grief, and life changes. Lori aims to make the first step into counseling easier by offering a calm, respectful presence.

She focuses on practical communication skills and rebuilding connection in relationships. Lori uses techniques drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy and emotionally-focused work to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new responses. She also brings mindfulness practices into sessions to reduce reactivity and build steady coping skills.

Her background includes long experience helping people manage family and parenting challenges, blended family issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and fertility or caregiver stress. Lori often addresses body image, self-esteem, addiction-related concerns, trauma and abuse, and anger in her work. She supports people dealing with abandonment, forgiveness, and problems rooted in their family of origin.

Lori works with individuals around LGBT concerns, relationship commitment and communication problems, divorce and separation, and stress that follows natural or human-caused disasters. She draws on the Gottman Method when couples want focused work on interaction patterns and conflict management.

She describes her style as warm and collaborative. Lori partners with each person to highlight strengths and try realistic changes that fit daily life. Her aim is to help people build better ways to cope, communicate, and move forward.

How Lori's Approaches Work Online and in Sessions

Client-centered therapy puts the person's goals first and focuses on listening and building a trusting working relationship. Lori uses this approach to learn what matters most and to shape each session around those priorities.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps people notice thoughts and behaviors that keep them stuck and then practice simple changes. This approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life transitions because it targets everyday patterns and teaches concrete skills.

Emotionally-focused therapy (EFT) concentrates on feelings and attachment needs in relationships. It can help people improve communication, reduce reactivity, and rebuild connection when trust or closeness has been strained.

Choosing the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Lori will talk through goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together the person and Lori will try approaches that fit the problem and revise them based on what works in real life.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people read facial cues and work in real time. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for short check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for between-session check-ins, brief coaching, or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and changing routines.