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Lori Smith, LPC

Experienced mental health professional

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

At a glance

Lori is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

4.5 stars
Clients are very satisfied with Lori. View 56 reviews
Speaks English
Offers Telehealth visits
Licensed in Virginia

Recent reviews

Lori is great. She is a thoughtful listener, gets beyond my muddle and provides excellent advice and lots of resource ideas. No shortage of ways to get the most of my monthly subscription.

Reviewed November 2024

I appreciate her guidance and prayer before the video session.

Reviewed September 2024

More about Lori

  • 27 years' experience
  • Female
  • LPC

I AM SEEING:

- Women mid 20's to mid 40's

- Life’s adjustments, transitions

- Anxiety

- Relationship guidance

- Parental guidance

I DO NOT SEE:

- Men

- Couples

- EAP

- Substance abuse,

- Depression,

- Psychosis, or any further serious issues.

I see clients as a hammock that has four bars holding them up: Body, Mind, Emotions, and Spirit. We each have weights that we put in our hammocks, both positive and negative stressors. I try to strengthen each pole so that my clients can handle the weight in their “hammocks”.

Body: Breathing, to slower heart rate, exercise to lessen cortisol and create endorphins, sleep that regulates mood and focus. Physical history, medications, etc.

Mind: Identifying the irrational thoughts that we all have, that contribute to stressors. Biblio therapies, communication skills, career development.

Emotions: Process how to express emotions, how they affect thinking, feeling, and perceiving. Need for positive peer group, and community.

Spirit: Opportunity to explore spiritual growth, especially when your body, mind, and emotions are worn out!

Specialties

Relationship issues Parenting issues Coping with life changes Stress Anxiety Family conflicts Grief Self esteem Career difficulties Coaching Compassion fatigue ADHD Family of origin issues Multicultural concerns Women's issues

Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Licenses

Lori Smith's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649696758.

  • LPC · Virginia · 0701002629 · Expires June 2025

About online counseling

Affordable.
Pay a low flat fee.
Convenient.
Do it at your own time and at your own pace. Communicate whenever you feel it's needed.
Available now.
There is no waiting list and no calls to make. Simply fill out a short questionnaire and send your first message.

Online counseling allows you to receive care from a mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.

Reviews for Lori Smith

All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.

Overall rating:

4.5

56 reviews

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Clients mention: Great Easy Amazing Recommend Helped Listens The best Easy to talk Empathetic Excellent

Lori is great. She is a thoughtful listener, gets beyond my muddle and provides excellent advice and lots of resource ideas. No shortage of ways to get the most of my monthly subscription.

Reviewed November 2024

I appreciate her guidance and prayer before the video session.

Reviewed September 2024

Lori is a very conscientious and caring therapist. She is attuned to my challenges and is always ready to offer solutions.

Reviewed September 2024

This has been the best therapy experience I have ever had.

Reviewed September 2024

Provides great resources and insight. She challenges me to continue to find ways to improve my overall mental health and well being.

Reviewed August 2024

Lori is the best. Been almost a year I've been working with her. I'm doing a lot better. She knowledgeable, truly wants to see her clients get better, she is easy to talk to. Would definitely recommend her.

Reviewed August 2024

Lori is wonderful! She is kind, warm, and smart. She provides great resources and homework for me that have been challenging me and helping me grow. She has been a blessing!

Reviewed July 2024

I thnk Lori is a great therapist with great energy! She always starts off our sessions with asking me where I am and how I'm felling that day. Where do I need the most focus. She does a really good job of listening and understanding how I feel. She also offers good worksheets, activities, books, and group session or training to help as well.

Reviewed July 2024

She’s amazing!! I have been working with her for years and she continuously helps me get through anything. She basically saved my marriage and post partum life.

Reviewed June 2024

Lori Smith has been an awesome therapist! She is very proactive, has a large toolkit of tactics, and has been very helpful in my treatment.

Reviewed May 2024

Excellent sessions - recommended Lori to a few of my friends who have asked how counseling has been going

Reviewed May 2024

Lori is an important part of my support team. Her therapist style quickly identifies areas of need and always has tools that help.

Reviewed May 2024

Lori is an incredible therapist. I would recommend her to anyone. She is thoughtful and makes me excited for appointments. She's helped me with a multitude of things.

Reviewed March 2024

I have really enjoyed talking with Lori! She is very down to earth and knowledgeable! I always talk to my mom about my sessions and since I have been talking with Lori, my mom said that I sound so happy and refreshed that I make her want to talk to a therapist as well!

Reviewed March 2024

Lori help save my marriage and is my rock when it comes to navigating the balance of life! I truly appreciate her and I wouldn’t have made it out of the post-partum world without her.

Reviewed February 2024

Lori is up-beat, compassionate, empathetic, and a great listener. I specifically chose Lori because I wanted Biblical knowledge and application to be an integral part of my therapy. She knocked it out of the park and met all of my expectations!

Reviewed May 2022

Lori is extremely easy to talk with. She listens and has very practical and easy information to share.

Reviewed November 2021

Lori has been a wonderful support for me during stressful situations. She offers and suggests many helpful tools

Reviewed December 2023

Lori is the absolute best!!!

Reviewed November 2023

Lori is an excellent therapist. She gets to the heart of the problem and offers invaluable tools to help. She has helped me sort out some difficult situations. Thank you!

Reviewed August 2023

Lori always had a plan every week. She kept me informed with resources. I feel like I got the best therapist I could have had. I would highly recommend Lori to someone in need of therapy.

Reviewed July 2023

With Lori in just one session so far and she immediately dive into it but also respected the fact it was my first session ever. She knew how to make me feel comfortable laughing with me but also be strong with me to guide me through the experience. Perfect experience and highly recommend.

Reviewed July 2023

Lori is compassionate, warm and Overall excellent.

Reviewed May 2023

Lori has been simply amazing for me in so many aspects. She asked me early on what my learning style was and that helped to structure our sessions and learn new strategies more efficiently. She listens to my concerns and comes up with just the right worksheet or advice to help me each time. Also, she has a warm and fun personality that makes it easy to connect and I really look forward to our sessions each week!

Reviewed May 2023

Lori is amazing!! I love talking to her every week.

Reviewed April 2023

Lori has helped me so much in the past year and a half. She is an empathetic listener and a problem solver giving me actionable steps to take to move forward.

Reviewed April 2023

Lori is amazing to have in your corner! When I was overwhelmed with the most sadness and anxiety I've ever felt through a breakup- she helped build me up so I could manage my emotions better and get back to where I wanted to be, at peace. I learned a lot through her too. She was easy to talk to, sweet, professional, and detail oriented. Can't recommend her enough!

Reviewed February 2023

Lori has such a supportive, positive energy. She helps guide me through my emotions, helps me to put words to what I’m feeling and stay goal oriented. With each session, I learn a new skill to sift thru my emotions and/or communicate them in an effective manner.

Reviewed April 2023

Lori is great. She digs deep with me and sends worksheets to help me. She sends great resources and is available through chat throughout the week. I enjoy how she does therapy.

Reviewed January 2023

I feel like Lori understand me so well and is able to help me work through my feelings, struggles and successes! I love my better help appointment with her each week.

Reviewed January 2023

Lori is amazing! Extremely supportive and upbeat, but also empathetic and kind. I look forward to speaking with her each week.

Reviewed December 2022

Lori is very easy to talk to. She questions or pushes when she needs to but also lets you get to where you need to be on your own.

Reviewed December 2022

Very great!! Definitely recommend!!!

Reviewed November 2022

Lori is very engaging and knowledgeable.

Reviewed November 2022

Lori is fantastic, a proactive problem solver, and full of valuable resources. She absolutely bent over backwards reaching out to help me with additional contacts and services. She is upbeat and encouraging, and I would highly recommend her if you’re motivated to change your situation.

Reviewed November 2022

I love Lori! Super personable and relaxed

Reviewed September 2022

I have LOVED working with Lori. She is so easy to connect with, and provides such valuable tools and information. She’s literally a God send in so many ways.

Reviewed September 2022

Lori is very knowledgeable and proactive during our sessions.

Reviewed July 2022

Great Therapist. Will have to discontinue unfortunately since insurance is not accepted.

Reviewed July 2022

Lori makes me feel heard and provides me excercises based on my needs that dont feel pointless.

Reviewed July 2022

Lori is easy to talk to, nonjudgemental and overall a great therapist. She really individualized me and focused on my needs. Betterhelp has been great and I love using the website, especially the journal entries. It's only been one week and I can tell it's making a difference in my life. I feel like I'm starting to peel the onion of my issues and it feels good. Thank you Betterhelp and Lori.

Reviewed June 2022

Lori is great at both listening and providing feedback and guidance targeted to my personal mental health goals. I feel validation of my feelings and clarity around next steps I can take to progress after our sessions.

Reviewed June 2022

Lori is extremely helpful and insightful. She is quick to discern the issues and very helpful in addressing them. Her positivity and energy are contagious.

Reviewed June 2022

Lori has been a phenomenal guide on a healing journey. She is smart, caring, and understanding. I’m a better person for our season together.

Reviewed June 2022

Great, dynamite

Reviewed June 2022

Lori is the best therapist I've worked with so far. She listens to your challenges or situation and is able to quickly determine where you need to to focus your efforts. And provide you with the lessons and structure you need to achieve those results. I always look forward to our sessions!

Reviewed May 2022

Lori is a breath of fresh air. She listens to my concerns and provides practical feedback I can use in my daily life. She often recalls details about our conversations I had even forgotten about! I believe the most important thing is that I feel heard and I very much look forward to our sessions.

Reviewed May 2022

Lori has been amazing! She effectively communicates and listens to me in a way that has made me feel completely heard and understood. She has a great personality and a beautiful way of creating a safe space with her clients!

Reviewed April 2022

Lori is extremely empathetic and she is able to help me move forward on my life and help me evaluate my life off a different lens/narrative

Reviewed April 2022

Lori Smith is the best therapist I’ve worked with! She really cares, gives solid advice and the tools to be successful under any circumstance. As a bonus, she’s hilarious!

Reviewed January 2022

Lori has been the absolute greatest! Whether she knows it or not, she is now a voice of reason in my head throughout the day, and her techniques are amazing (sometimes even fun!)

Reviewed September 2021

this was my first time doing any sort of therapy. i had requested for prayer and scripture to be incorporated into our sessions and she provided so many great biblical and psychological resources that i will continue to use well regularly - tangible resources and daily practices to incorporate into my life to help strengthen all areas of my well-being - mind, body, heart, spirit. i’m so grateful. - also, even tho my subscription is cancelled, it still shows i’m active according to lori, but I CANT RESPOND TO HER because my subscription is actually cancelled and there is a loop of 2 pop-ups asking why i am not continuing the subscription and whether i want financial aid and back and forth.

Reviewed August 2021

Lori is really great at helping me question my thoughts which is something I didn’t think of doing. She’s really great at listening!

Reviewed August 2021

Such a brilliant and caring person. I feel challenged as I grow already feeling connection to open up and have a safe space as well. What a gift she is.

Reviewed July 2021

Lori is great at helping me to reflect & collect my scattered thoughts, and bring clarity to the confusion. Her expertise and training comes through when she shares perspective and feedback. I’ve only had the opportunity to work with Lori for a couple of weeks, but it has added a great value to my mental health. I appreciate her patience and professionalism.

Reviewed July 2021

After only a couple of weeks, I feel my sessions with Lori are helping immensely. She provides honest feedback and ask questions that cause me to think about my emotions, thoughts and feelings.

Reviewed July 2021

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Frequently asked questions

Does Lori Smith offer telehealth visits?

Yes. Lori Smith works with clients by exchanging messages, chatting live, speaking over the phone, or video conferencing based on what works for the client at that particular time.

What language(s) does Lori Smith speak?

Lori Smith speaks English.

How many years of experience does Lori Smith have?

Lori Smith has 27 years of experience.

Where is Lori Smith licensed to practice?

Lori Smith is licensed to practice in Virginia.

Does Lori Smith accept clients outside of the United States?

No, Lori Smith does not accept clients outside of the United States.

Is online therapy as effective as in-person therapy?

Numerous studies support the effectiveness of online platforms in facilitating life changes. For instance, research published by JMIR Publications, conducted by teams from the University of Berkeley, UCSF, and SF General Hospital, found that "users of BetterHelp experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform."

What treatment approaches does Lori Smith offer?

Lori Smith offers clients Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

How can I communicate with Lori Smith?

Lori Smith can be engaged in any one of four ways: (1) Exchanging messages, (2) chatting live, (3) speaking over the phone, or (4) video conferencing. You can use different ways at different times as you wish, based on your needs, availability, and convenience.

How do I get started with Lori Smith?

Just tap the CHAT NOW button or tap here: A new window will open and you'll be directed to a simple form that will help start the conversation. Please note: It can take up to a few days to be matched to a therapist.

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