Lori Gieseler, LCSW

Lori Gieseler is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 30 years of experience in Louisiana. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. Lori also lists codependency and related relationship issues among her areas of focus.

She began her social work training at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Over three decades she has worked across settings and with many adults and couples. That background shaped a practical, talk-and-do style that mixes questions, reflection, and straightforward skills practice.

Lori uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice how thoughts affect feelings and actions. She combines that with client-centered ideas that let the person set the pace of work. Attachment-based ideas inform how she looks at relationship patterns and how early bonds affect current choices.

Sessions tend to involve reflection and concrete steps. Lori asks questions to help people name patterns, practice different responses, and try small changes between sessions. She also draws from dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness to teach emotion regulation and present-moment focus when strong feelings or stress arise.

People who keep putting others first will find an emphasis on learning to recognize patterns and develop clearer boundaries. Lori aims to help clients build skills that make daily life feel more manageable and relationships less overwhelming.

How Lori’s approaches translate to online work