Lora Casteline

Lora Casteline is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania. She brings 23 years of experience in mental health and substance use care. Lora focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, and grief. She aims to make the first step toward change feel manageable and supported.

Her approach is straightforward and practical. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools to help people notice patterns and try new responses. Mindfulness techniques are used to build awareness and reduce reactivity. Motivational Interviewing helps people clarify goals and find their own reasons to change.

Lora often works with people dealing with co-occurring concerns such as mood challenges, substance use, codependency, or life transitions. She also addresses issues tied to family of origin, first responder stress, and problems like social anxiety and smoking or vaping cessation. Her work includes dealing with grief, forgiveness, guilt, and questions about life purpose.

Sessions focus on practical skills, clear goals, and steady progress. Lora aims to create a nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be talked through. She partners with each person to set realistic steps and check in on what is working.

People who prefer plain language and a goal-oriented style tend to fit well with her work. Lora supports those ready to address anger, mood and behavior challenges, and substance concerns while learning coping skills for everyday life.

How her approaches translate to online sessions

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on spotting unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and trying concrete alternatives to change mood and reactions. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.

DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy, teaches skills for managing strong emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. It emphasizes coping skills like emotion regulation and distress tolerance for people who have intense reactions or mood instability.

Lora treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will work with each person to identify goals, try approaches that fit their needs, and adjust methods if something is not helping. The aim is to arrive at a practical plan that feels workable in day-to-day life.

Confirm the available session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. They also let people use mindfulness exercises and skills practice in their usual surroundings, which can help with applying new strategies between sessions.