Lori Gieseler , LCSW

Lori Gieseler is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and big life changes. She works with adults and couples who are seeking clearer thinking, steadier emotion, and better daily coping. Lori emphasizes practical steps and honest conversation so people can start feeling more capable in their daily lives.

Her style is warm and interactive. She uses a client-centered way of working that focuses on each person's strengths and goals. Sessions include reflective questions, gentle challenge, and practical skills people can try between meetings.

Lori also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients spot unhelpful thinking and change reactions. She uses mindfulness skills and elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy when people need tools for regulating strong emotions. Attachment-based ideas help when relationship patterns and early losses come up.

Over three decades Lori has worked with people facing abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, codependency, communication difficulties, divorce and separation, family of origin concerns, guilt, shame, and infidelity. She helps clients break old patterns and build new ways of relating and coping.

Lori holds a Master of Social Work and the LCSW credential and practices in Louisiana. She aims to tailor treatment to each person so goals stay relevant and realistic, and she supports steps toward lasting change.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships still shape how people connect today. It helps when patterns from the past affect current partnerships and trust. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to change mood and reactions. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and everyday coping skills.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that fit your needs and preferences. Together you can adjust the plan over time based on what helps most.

Online therapy with this practice is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief support, ongoing skill work, or when scheduling flexibility matters. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and reach a licensed professional from different locations within Louisiana.