Lori Cline, LICSW

Lori Cline is a Minnesota licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can take to feel steadier in day-to-day life. Lori emphasizes each person’s strengths and works alongside them as they make changes.

People meet Lori when they want concrete tools and a supportive listener. She uses approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to break problems into smaller parts. Sessions focus on actions, short-term goals, and skills that can be used between visits.

Her practice pays attention to life transitions and common stressors. This includes caregiver strain, blended family challenges, workplace pressure, and midlife questions about purpose. Lori also supports people facing aging and geriatric concerns and the complicated emotions that follow loss.

Clients can expect a direct but warm style that balances problem-solving with personal reflection. She draws on motivational interviewing to help people clarify what matters to them and find motivation to change. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used when emotions feel overwhelming and people need tools to steady themselves.

With seven years of clinical experience, Lori aims to make therapy usable and understandable. She explains options, practices new skills in session, and helps people notice progress. Her work is centered on collaboration and respect for each person’s story.

How evidence-based approaches work online

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying and changing thought and behavior patterns that worsen stress and anxiety. It uses simple, practical exercises like tracking thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms and build coping skills.

Client-centered therapy emphasizes understanding each person’s perspective and building a supportive, nonjudgmental relationship. This approach helps people feel heard while they decide what changes matter most to them.

Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, supplies concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication. Skills training from DBT can be useful when someone needs grounding techniques, emotion regulation strategies, or better ways to handle conflict.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean blending techniques, trying an approach for a few sessions, and adjusting based on what helps most.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth sessions and skill practice, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping treatment focused and practical.