Lori Cunningham

Lori Cunningham is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW-R in New York with 24 years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. Lori works with people who are dealing with midlife shifts, caregiver strain, and questions about life purpose. Lori draws on client-centered therapy to keep sessions focused on each person's experience. She integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) techniques to teach concrete skills for mood and anxiety management. Solution-Focused Therapy is used when clients want short-term, goal-oriented work to move past a stuck point. In a typical session she listens for what matters most, then offers tools and exercises to practice between meetings. She talks through communication problems, social anxiety, guilt and shame, and issues around forgiveness in straightforward language. Lori also supports people navigating loneliness, panic attacks, and relationship stress without assuming one size fits all. Her style is collaborative and practical. Clients can expect to talk about current problems and try real strategies aimed at easing symptoms and building coping options. She pays attention to both feelings and daily routines so improvements are likely to be noticeable in day-to-day life. People who come to Lori are often weighing what comes next in work or life. She helps clarify next steps and develop skills to manage emotions while making decisions about the future.

Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions function

Lori uses client-centered therapy to center conversations on the client's experience and values, helping people clarify what matters and identify practical next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more useful thinking patterns, which can reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) contributes skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, useful for panic, mood swings, and relationship stress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Lori partners with each person to decide which combination of methods fits their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process means the initial sessions often focus on both understanding the problem and testing a few techniques to see what helps.

The original biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm the current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They can also let someone choose a session style that matches their energy level - for instance a phone call when bandwidth or camera use is difficult, or a video session for face-to-face conversation. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and DBT exercises to work in these formats and help clients practice skills between sessions.