Hello, I’m Lori. My extensive, real-world life experience has proven invaluable when working with clients. I was a journalist, an editor, a teacher and I had five years’ experience working with adults with mental health issues and physical disabilities. For over two years, I was counselling within the NHS IAPT service.
As a private practitioner, I’ve been offering therapy in Wimbledon since 2017.
Sessions are held in my comfortable home, in the heart of Wimbledon town. The train station, with the tram and District underground station is at the top of the road, just five minutes walk away. And there are loads of buses in Wimbledon town. The Northern Line station South Wimbledon is 7 minutes walk away.
I have experience in helping clients with:
- Anxiety and panic
- Stress
- Depression
- Work place issues
- Life transitions and significant birthdays: becoming an adult, becoming a parent, mid-life crisis, coming to terms with ageing, preparing to die
- Abuse – physical, sexual, emotional, financial
- Self-esteem and confidence
- Self-awareness. Who am I now?
- LGBT+ affirmative
- Family relationships
- Partner relationships and breakdowns
- Bereavement
- Loss
Wimbledon therapy
I offer solution-based counselling, along the lines of: here’s what seems to be happening – now what needs to change to make your life better?
In sessions, you choose the agenda and take it wherever you want to and at your own speed. I will not offer direct advice, but I will join you in the exploration, asking open questions, to help you think of things from a different perspective.
Together we will explore your issues to find insights and a new way forward.
You, your feelings and your care is my priority. I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling Psychotherapy (BACP) and I abide by their ethical framework, to keep the work safe and you at the heart of all we do together.
I hold the Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling, accredited by the CPCAB – the Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body.
In the counselling world my approach is called ‘integrative’. I integrate person-centred and psychodynamic approaches, to tailor-make a service for you. I often use resources from CBT and NLP to give focus to finding solutions.
I have undertaken inter-cultural training to help me understand more about the cultures and expectations of my clients in our diverse city.