Lori Cheek Gilroy, LCSW

Lori Cheek Gilroy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 26 years of counseling and life coaching experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. Lori also supports those dealing with caregiver strain, chronic illness, adoption and foster care issues, and aging and geriatric concerns.

Her work is grounded in a client-centered approach. Sessions focus on practical steps, clear goals, and what a person needs right now. Lori describes her outlook as Christ-centered, but she respects every client’s background and faith journey.

Over her career she has worked in child welfare, family counseling clinics, a family birthing center, crisis intervention, and community mental health. That variety informs how she tailors plans to fit different life situations. Clients can expect straightforward conversation and actionable ideas.

She often blends solution-focused work with cognitive-behavioral strategies and trauma-informed practices. Lori supports parents with parenting stress and people managing relationship and family issues. She also helps with career transitions and compassion fatigue.

Therapy with Lori emphasizes collaboration. She listens to what matters most, sets goals together, and checks progress along the way. To begin, prospective clients complete an intake step and schedule sessions according to availability.

How Lori’s approaches translate to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on the client’s experience and priorities. In practice this means the therapist listens actively, reflects what is said, and helps clients name their own goals and next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. These approaches help with anxiety, depression, stress, and life transitions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Lori will work together with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and values. She checks in as work progresses and adjusts tools and techniques to fit what’s most helpful.

Please confirm which online session formats are currently offered before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Many people find virtual sessions let them maintain continuity of care through life changes while using client-centered and CBT techniques effectively.