Lori Cline, LICSW

Lori Cline is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people navigate major life shifts. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and questions about life purpose. Lori frames the work around each person’s goals and strengths so conversations stay practical and focused.

She believes people know their own story and brings a calm, steady presence to sessions. Lori listens first and helps people identify small, concrete steps they can try between meetings. That approach is useful for everyday stresses, workplace pressures, and the confusion that can come during a midlife crisis.

Over seven years of practice, she has supported people through caregiver strain, blended family challenges, and aging and geriatric concerns. Lori uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to help manage difficult thoughts and strong emotions. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy and motivational interviewing when people need clearer coping skills and direction.

Sessions focus on clear goals, simple skill practice, and tracking progress over time. Lori aims to help people build confidence, ease anxiety, and find better ways to handle life changes. She offers care in English and works from Minnesota as a Minnesota LICSW.

If someone is ready to start, Lori asks them to complete a short matching questionnaire so she can learn about their current needs and agree on next steps.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and helping people use their own strengths to find solutions. It helps when someone needs a supportive space to sort their thoughts and decide what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. That approach is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, teaches emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills for managing intense feelings and improving communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily demands. Together they will choose which methods to try and adjust those choices over time based on what helps most.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people practice skills in the settings where problems occur and quickly review progress between sessions.