About Lori
Dr. Lori Dougherty uses a practical, person-focused approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns.
Background and approach
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - based in Colorado with ten years of clinical experience. Her work centers on helping people find clear, usable tools that fit their life.
She emphasizes a strong working relationship and listens carefully to what each person knows about their situation. Sessions focus on small, achievable steps and learning skills that reduce distress.
Lori draws on methods such as cognitive behavioral strategies, mindfulness, dialectical behavior tools, and EMDR when appropriate to the concern. Her practice addresses issues like grief, intimacy-related struggles, parenting stress, self-esteem, and substance use.
She also helps with specific problems such as abandonment, codependency, communication breakdowns, control issues, infidelity, and post-traumatic stress. The aim is usually practical change rather than jargon-filled therapy.
Dr. Dougherty treats each person as the expert on their life and uses that knowledge to shape the work.
She acts as a guide and coach to develop coping skills, emotional regulation, and clearer communication. Sessions are paced to fit what the person needs that week.
People can expect an approachable, steady style that combines listening with concrete strategies. The focus is on building strengths and applying new skills to everyday situations.
Lori encourages people to take small steps toward healthier patterns and greater well-being.
Using targeted approaches in online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person first. The therapist mirrors concerns, clarifies goals, and helps people decide what matters most. This approach is helpful when someone needs a calm space to sort through feelings and decide on next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. It teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and build new routines for mood and anxiety. CBT fits well for stress, anxiety, depression, and many day-to-day struggles.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is used to process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional impact. In practice it involves guided attention and reframing of painful memories to lessen their hold on current life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and experience to pick methods that feel right. Clients and the therapist adjust the plan as progress and needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit daily life. Video calls allow real-time conversation and visual cues, phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging lets people share updates between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and help integrate therapy into a busy routine.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English