Lora Casteline, LPC

Lora Casteline is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 23 years of experience in mental health and substance use work. She works with people facing stress and anxiety, addiction concerns, trauma and abuse, and grief. She also supports those dealing with mood differences, ADHD, and questions about identity and life direction.

Her approach is straightforward and practical. Sessions focus on identifying patterns that cause repeated problems, then testing new ways of responding. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills for managing intense emotions and mindfulness practices to reduce overwhelm.

Lora brings experience helping people address substance use and related challenges such as smoking or vaping cessation and drug and alcohol addiction. She works with issues tied to family of origin, first responder stress, and co-morbid conditions where more than one concern appears at once. Codependency is one of the focus areas she lists when people are overly focused on others at their own expense.

In sessions she emphasizes clear steps and small experiments. Clients learn practical coping skills, ways to set and keep boundaries, and strategies for navigating relationship stress without losing themselves. Motivational interviewing is used to support change when someone feels stuck or unsure about next steps.

People who prefer direct, skill-based work tend to find this approach useful. To start, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule an initial session through the online options provided.

How her approaches translate to online work