Lori Smith, LPC

Arizona · 11 years in practice

Lori Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, grief, and depression.

License and registration

LPC, Arizona: LPC-18905 · expires March 2026
NPI: 1891316907 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 11
Languages: English

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About Lori

Lori Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, grief, and depression. She supports those wrestling with relationship and intimacy issues, sleep and eating problems, parenting struggles, anger, low self-esteem, career transitions, and ADHD. Lori practices from Arizona and has eleven years of experience in counseling.

She works from a whole-person perspective that looks at how thoughts, bodies, and beliefs connect. Lori combines talk therapy with approaches such as hypnotherapy and cognitive-behavioral methods to help people change habits and feel more grounded.

Background and approach

She also uses strategies drawn from acceptance-based and dialectical approaches when emotions run high. Lori pays attention to how past experiences shape current patterns. She helps people identify core beliefs and values, and then tests small changes in daily life.

Sessions are adapted to the person's goals, motivation, and the specific problems they bring. Her style is practical and collaborative. Lori explains techniques as she uses them and helps people practice new ways of coping between sessions.

She emphasizes respect, dignity, and each person’s potential for change. In addition to counseling skills, Lori brings interests in holistic health and life-coaching perspectives to her work. This often means looking at routines, sleep, and self-care alongside feelings and thoughts.

She encourages realistic steps that fit into busy lives.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Lori lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Depression
Relationship issues
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
ADHD
Abandonment
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
Body image
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Dissociation
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Personality disorders
Phobias
Post-traumatic stress
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization
Young adult issues

Approaches Lori names

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Online support

Using Hypnotherapy and Evidence-Based Approaches Online

Hypnotherapy is a technique that uses guided relaxation and focused attention to help shift habits and reduce anxiety. It can be useful for sleep problems, stress, and some forms of habit change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing practical behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lori will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and the issues they want to address. That may mean starting with CBT steps, adding hypnotherapy sessions for habit change, or using acceptance-based strategies when emotions are intense.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for in-depth work and exercises that benefit from visual connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t convenient. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins, quick skill practice, and flexibility around busy schedules. These options make it easier to get consistent support without rearranging a full day.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of problems does Lori address?

She supports people experiencing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and relationship or intimacy concerns, among other issues like ADHD and bipolar mood concerns.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

The approach is whole-person and collaborative, blending talk therapy with practical techniques. Lori adapts sessions to match a person’s goals and motivation.

What is her background and experience?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with eleven years of experience working with a wide range of emotional and behavioral challenges.

Where is Lori licensed to practice?

She holds an Arizona Licensed Professional Counselor credential (AZ LPC) and practices from Arizona.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can she work with clients outside the United States?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

What formats are available for online sessions?

Sessions can be done by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.

How does payment and scheduling work?

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