Lori Rolf

Lori Rolf is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and related struggles. She combines a practical, down-to-earth style with empathy and direct skill-building to help clients move forward. Lori respects each person's story and works alongside them to set clear, realistic goals.

Her approach draws on client-centered methods, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. She focuses on building coping skills for emotion regulation, managing cravings and addictive behaviors, and improving relationships. Sessions emphasize small, doable changes that fit into everyday life.

Lori has worked with people facing depression, trauma and abuse, grief, eating concerns, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also supports those navigating LGBT issues, intimacy-related concerns, career stress, and women’s issues. Her style aims to be accepting and collaborative while keeping goals practical and measurable.

In the room, Lori blends talking through problems with concrete exercises and homework when helpful. She helps clients notice unhelpful patterns, try new behaviors, and track results. The work prioritizes safety, skill development, and steady progress toward the outcomes each person values.

People who choose Lori can expect a respectful partnership that values their choices and strengths. She invites clients to set the pace, revise goals as needed, and practice skills between sessions to support longer-term change.

How Lori’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person as an individual. In this approach the therapist follows the client's lead and supports their choices, which helps build trust and clarity about goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses structured exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and anger management. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches emotion-regulation, distress-tolerance, and interpersonal skills for handling intense emotions and relationship strain.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lori partners with each person to decide which methods fit best based on their goals, strengths, and daily life. That collaborative process may mix elements of CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to match what a person needs at the time.

Practical benefits of online therapy can include easier fitting of sessions into a busy schedule and more consistent check-ins when life is hectic. Because session formats are not listed here, confirm the current options before booking. Once format details are confirmed, online sessions can allow focused skill practice, short coaching between larger goals, and steady progress without long travel time.