Therapist profile
Lorinda (Lori) Kniess, LMHC
Florida
Florida LMHC - Codependency and Anxiety
Continue with LorindaWhere Lorinda stands
- Credentials
- LMHC
- License
- LMHC, Florida / MH24154
- NPI
- 1902453798
- Experience
- 15 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Florida
About
- ACT and CBT
- Mindfulness skills
- Motivational interviewing
About Lorinda
Lorinda (Lori) Kniess is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 15 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, addictions, and codependency. She also lists work with LGBT concerns and a broad range of family and relationship issues.
In early sessions she listens to what matters most and the problems that show up in day-to-day life. Lori uses straightforward conversation to map out what is getting in the way of feeling more in control. She pays attention to how patterns of putting others first or avoiding conflict affect mood and functioning.
Her approach draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to notice and change unhelpful thinking, client-centered work to reflect what a person brings, and acceptance and commitment therapy to clarify values and small steps toward them. Mindfulness techniques and motivational interviewing are also part of the toolkit when people want skills for stress, cravings, or upsetting memories.
Sessions focus on practical skills and small behavior changes people can practice between meetings. Lori talks through realistic boundary-setting, ways to reduce people-pleasing, and methods to cope with grief or losses. She describes options plainly and helps people choose what feels doable.
Her practice operates in Florida and sessions are conducted in English. To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the online booking flow. The practice uses a cancelable subscription for payment.
How sessions work
How her approaches fit into online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small practical steps toward those values. It’s useful for anxiety, low mood, and patterns like people-pleasing. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that keep problems going, which can help with anxiety, depression, and addictive patterns. Client-Centered Therapy centers on a person’s own perspective and uses reflective listening to help them sort out choices and goals.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and how they respond to different techniques. Together they decide which approaches and exercises to try and adjust them over time based on what helps.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current online session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and remove travel time. For people trying skills for boundaries, cravings, grief, or anxiety, virtual sessions can let them practice between meetings and bring real situations back to discuss.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, codependency, and related family or relationship issues.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses direct, conversational sessions focused on practical skills and small behavior changes. Therapy mixes listening with tools you can practice between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of professional experience working with people facing mood, relationship, and trauma-related concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor - practicing in Florida.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session through the booking flow.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.