Lorey Simons

Lorey Simons is an Ohio-based licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) who uses a trauma-focused lens alongside client-centered methods. She keeps sessions focused on what matters to each person. Her style is open and nonjudgmental, with emphasis on respect for each person’s experiences.

She invites clients to lead the conversation so therapy matches their needs and goals. That collaborative stance shapes treatment plans and daily practice. Lorey uses practical tools like journaling and thought-challenging to address anxiety and unhelpful thinking.

With 12 years of experience, Lorey has worked with people managing trauma and the anxiety that often follows. She combines Trauma-Focused Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and other approaches to help individuals find clearer ways of thinking and coping.

Her work also covers relationship and family concerns, grief, identity issues including gender dysphoria, and intimacy and sexual orientation matters. She helps people facing sleep problems, parenting stress, anger, low self-esteem, and major life transitions.

Sessions aim to teach concrete skills as well as support emotional processing. Lorey emphasizes small, actionable steps - like practicing new coping habits and noticing thinking patterns - so progress is easier to spot and build on.

How Trauma-Focused and Client-Centered Approaches Work Online

Trauma-Focused Therapy pays attention to how past harms affect current feelings and reactions. It helps people process difficult memories and practice ways to reduce symptoms that interfere with daily life. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and letting the client guide the pace and goals of therapy, so sessions stay aligned with what matters most to the person.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It often uses concrete exercises such as journaling, behavioral experiments, and thought records to build new habits and reduce anxiety. These approaches can be combined so practical skills are taught while emotional material is processed collaboratively.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about needs, goals, and preferences, and will help decide whether trauma-focused work, CBT, or a client-led path makes the most sense. That decision is made together and can shift as therapy proceeds.

Confirm current session options before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allowing appointments without travel and offering flexibility for scheduling. It can also support using written exercises and journaling between meetings to reinforce skills learned in sessions.