Lori Parrs , LMHC

Lori Parrs is a licensed mental health counselor with eight years of clinical work in Florida. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, eating and body-image struggles, and challenges with self-esteem. Lori often helps people facing relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and life transitions.

Her approach is warm and accepting, with an emphasis on practical steps. Sessions usually blend conversation with skills practice and doable goals. Lori meets people where they are in change and adapts the plan as progress is made.

She uses a mix of therapies to match each person's needs, drawing on cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, acceptance strategies, and a client-centered stance. That means she listens first, then suggests small experiments and tools to try between sessions. Many clients work on coping skills, emotion regulation, and clearer communication.

Lori has particular experience supporting people with eating and food-related concerns, compulsive overeating, exercise and food addiction, and body image distress. She also addresses addiction to substances, anger, career stress, ADHD, and issues that stem from attachment or abandonment.

People who prefer a collaborative, down-to-earth therapist often find her style straightforward and encouraging. Lori helps clients break problems into manageable steps and builds on small wins to create lasting change.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while focusing on values and committed action. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and struggles with motivation or avoidance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and some eating or addictive behaviors. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a nonjudgmental, empathic relationship where the person’s pace guides the work and the therapist mirrors and clarifies what matters most.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, try strategies, and adjust the plan based on what is helpful. Many people combine elements from different approaches to fit their situation and to address symptoms and life goals together.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility for people with busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skills practice, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed, and live chat or text messaging lets people send updates or work through short concerns between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping continuity of care with a licensed professional.