Lorinda (Lori) Kniess, LMHC

Lorinda (Lori) Kniess is a Florida-based licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 15 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, addiction concerns, and LGBT-related issues. Lori aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable by offering a warm, open space to talk without judgment.

She begins by listening to what matters most to each person and by establishing simple goals together. Lori draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking patterns, and she uses mindfulness-based practices to help people find calm and focus in daily life. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas are part of how she helps people notice values and take action that fits those values.

Sessions tend to be conversational and practical. Lori uses motivational interviewing to support change and to help people find their own reasons to move forward. She also uses client-centered methods to keep the focus on each person’s priorities and pace.

Over her career she has supported people dealing with family of origin issues, communication and relationship tensions, abandonment, caregiver stress, body image and codependency, as well as life transitions like divorce or aging concerns. She brings straightforward tools and steady listening to those challenges.

Lori works in Florida as an LMHC. She offers services in English and does not take international clients. If you want to explore midlife concerns, stress, or bigger life changes, she can help you clarify next steps and make a plan.

How Lori’s approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when emotions feel difficult. It can be useful for midlife transitions, grief, and feelings of emptiness.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and testing thoughts that lead to distress and on practicing new behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress management because it gives clear skills to use between sessions.

Client-Centered Therapy keeps the person’s goals and experience at the center of sessions. The therapist listens, reflects, and follows the client’s lead so work proceeds at a comfortable pace.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the work together. Lori will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, values, and daily routine rather than imposing a single technique.

Please confirm current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online therapy can help fit sessions into busy lives by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a lunch break, or offering options that work better with hectic schedules. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and CBT tools to remote sessions so people keep practicing skills between appointments.