Lori Mello, LPC

Lori Mello is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and related concerns. She speaks plain language and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Lori offers individual therapy and works with people navigating life changes, career stress, relationship challenges, eating concerns, and identity issues including LGBT matters.

With 21 years in mental health, Lori brings broad experience from both clinical and administrative roles. Her work has included individual and group counseling in community mental health settings. That background gives her familiarity with common struggles like adjustment difficulties, isolation, compassion fatigue, and persistent low mood.

Her approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - which looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors - with client-centered listening, motivational interviewing, and mindfulness practices. Sessions tend to be warm, interactive, and goal-oriented. Lori helps people identify small, doable changes and notice what shifts as those changes are practiced.

She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in the therapy room, and avoids labels that can feel limiting. Lori uses solution-focused work when clients need concrete plans and mindfulness when learning to steady attention and reduce reactivity.

People who want clear tools, steady support, and a collaborative partner may find her style helpful. She offers care through several online formats to fit different schedules and preferences.

How Lori's approaches translate to online care

Lori commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy in her work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes to test new ways of coping. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on active listening and creating a respectful space where a person can explore concerns at their own pace. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and bring more calm during stressful moments.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Lori will collaborate with each person to figure out what fits best based on their goals, needs, and daily life. Together they set priorities, try techniques, and adjust the plan as progress is noticed.

Online therapy with Lori is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video sessions allow for face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can support shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people share thoughts between meetings. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different routines.