Hi, I’m Lori.
I’m glad you’re here.
Life isn’t always easy. Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, depression, grief, parenting challenges, or simply feeling stuck, you don’t have to face it alone. Reaching out for help is a courageous step, and I’m here to offer a warm, supportive space where you can feel truly seen and understood.
My approach is collaborative and compassionate. I believe therapy should be an active, engaging process—one where you feel safe to explore your experiences, gain new insights, and build practical tools to help you obtain the life you envision. I’m not just here to listen; I’m also here to help you move forward, at your own pace.
A little more about me
For decades, I’ve helped people feel understood and find a way forward.
My path has taken me through hospitals, schools, classrooms, and private practice. Each experience has deepened how I listen, how I understand families, and how I meet people where they are.
- Learning and teaching
- I earned my BSW and MSW from NYU’s Silver School of Social Work. After decades of work in hospitals and private practice, I returned to NYU to teach a graduate course on learning disabilities and attention deficits for seven years. I’ve also had the privilege of supervising therapists and interns.
- Supporting children and families
- My two-year post-master’s certificate in the treatment of children and adolescents deepened the work I had already begun with young people and parents. Along the way, I also became certified as an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach.
- Meeting people in many places
- I’ve worked in hospitals, pediatric emergency rooms, school-based clinics, and private practice. Across New York City, that work has connected me with people across cultures, communities, and life circumstances. Each setting has taught me something different about how people cope, connect, and change.
- Walking alongside grief
- I helped establish a hospital-based bereavement program for families experiencing perinatal loss—work that continues to shape the care and respect I bring to grief.
Whether you’re navigating a major life change, supporting your child through a tough time, have general parenting questions, or seeking to understand yourself better, I’m here to help. Together, we’ll find ways to manage life’s challenges, build resilience, and move toward a more fulfilling future.
Reaching out for help isn’t a weakness; it is a powerful act of courage. I know how hard it can be to speak to a stranger about personal struggles. Sometimes it’s even harder to speak to friends and family. That’s why therapy offers something uniquely valuable: a focused, collaborative space grounded in warmth, trust, and deep respect. It’s a private place where you can feel safe, seen, and truly heard.
Everyone comes to therapy with their own goals. That is where we will start… your goals. While understanding your past is important, insight alone isn’t enough. Often, earlier experiences or trauma continue to shape how you respond to the present, sometimes without even realizing it. Together, we’ll explore how those past difficulties might be playing out now, influencing choices, relationships, or patterns of thinking and behavior that aren’t working for you. When you bring those unconscious dynamics into awareness and learn to spot when they are affecting your behavior and the way you think in real time, you can open the door to lasting change. Uncovering them is not enough; learning to spot how they influence you today will be the key to real positive change.
It would be an honor to walk alongside you on your journey.