Lorey Simons, LPCC

Lorey Simons is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) based in Ohio. She brings 12 years of experience and a calm, nonjudgmental presence to sessions. Parents and adults often find her direct style easy to follow when life feels overwhelming.

Lorey centers sessions on the person's needs. She uses client-centered methods so the person she sees helps guide the work. That approach makes it easier to build a plan that fits real life and immediate goals.

She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to tackle anxious thoughts and patterns. Practical tools such as journaling and learning to question unhelpful thoughts are common in her work. Those tools aim to reduce the intensity of worry and improve daily functioning.

Lorey has significant experience helping people who have survived trauma and who live with ongoing anxiety. She also addresses depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, sleep problems, parenting strain, and self-esteem concerns. Additional focus areas include blended family stress, caregiver burnout, communication problems, and post-traumatic stress.

Sessions may also cover topics such as gender dysphoria, non-monogamous relationship dynamics, panic attacks, impulsivity, self-harm, forgiveness, and challenges tied to family of origin. She adapts the conversation and tools to fit each person's situation and goals.

CBT and Person-Led Care Online

The practice blends cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered work to help people change unhelpful thoughts and build practical skills. CBT focuses on identifying and challenging thought patterns that feed anxiety or depression, and uses exercises like journaling or thought records to create clearer thinking.

Client-centered therapy emphasizes the person's perspective and choices. Sessions are collaborative and paced by the person's needs so goals and techniques are chosen together. Dialectical behavior therapy elements may be added when emotion regulation skills or distress tolerance strategies are needed for intense feelings.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan based on how things go.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and situations. Video works well for deeper conversations, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat suits quick check-ins or ongoing tracking between sessions. These options aim to make care more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.