Lori Carrel is a licensed social worker with experience in providing counseling and mental health services in a variety of clinical settings and levels of care. She has experience in helping clients heal from trauma and abuse, cope with grief and loss, manage depression and anxiety, and navigate relationship issues and life changes. She uses a variety of evidence-based modalities in her work which are solution focused, trauma based, and personalized to the individual’s unique needs. Lori is formally trained in EMDR, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Post Induction Trauma Training (PIT), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). She is also in the process of pursuing additional licensing in chemical dependency and substance abuse disorders.
Lori’s passion is to empower clients to use their personal strengths to make changes in their lives and to find their path to emotional well-being and self-worth. She is dedicated to providing therapy grounded in empathy, respect, and collaboration. She works closely with clients to create a safe, non-judgmental space where they can explore their thoughts and feelings openly.
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you." – Maya Angelou
"Trauma is not what happens to you, it's what happens inside you as a result of what happened to you." – Gabor Mate
"People do not come into therapy to change their past but their future." – Milton Erickson