- Years in practice
- 5
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- New Mexico
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Lorena
Lorena Griese is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting concerns. She supports clients facing relationship tension, family conflict, grief, trauma, and intimacy-related issues. She also works with people dealing with low self-esteem, anger, compassion fatigue, and first responder stress.
Lorena believes each person knows their story best and brings strengths to the work. She offers a straightforward style that emphasizes listening and practical steps.
Background and approach
She encourages small, manageable changes rather than overwhelming plans. In sessions she talks through current problems, identifies patterns that get in the way, and helps clients try new behaviors. That might look like setting short goals, practicing communication skills, or finding ways to reduce daily stress.
She aims to make therapy feel doable for people juggling busy lives. Her background includes five years of clinical experience and a New Mexico LMFT credential, which indicates her professional licensing. She has worked with concerns common to caregivers and first responders, and understands how burnout or repeated stress can wear people down.
Lorena invites people to take a first step and acknowledges how brave that can feel. She helps clients build on what already works for them and find clear next steps for change. Work with her centers on practical tools, steady support, and respectful collaboration.
What Lorena works with
Everything Lorena lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Lorena helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- First responder issues
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Evidence-based techniques often used with concerns like anxiety, grief, and parenting include short-term behavioral strategies and skill-building work. Behavioral strategies focus on small changes in daily routines and responses to stress, helping people notice what keeps problems going and try new, manageable behaviors. Skill-building work emphasizes communication, emotion regulation, and step-by-step problem solving to improve interactions and reduce overwhelm.Another useful approach is practical, strengths-based guidance that highlights a person’s existing resources. This involves identifying what already helps, amplifying those habits, and using them to face difficult situations like compassion fatigue or relationship strain. These methods are straightforward and aimed at producing noticeable changes over weeks, not months.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose methods that match their goals, pace, and preferences. That collaboration helps tailor sessions for parenting needs, stress reduction, or trauma recovery.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction without travel. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging allow short check-ins and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options increase flexibility and help people keep momentum while working toward their goals.
Questions people ask about Lorena
What concerns does Lorena commonly help with?
She supports people managing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, relationship and family conflict, grief, trauma, and compassion fatigue.
How does she approach therapy in sessions?
Sessions focus on listening, identifying unhelpful patterns, and trying practical steps. She works collaboratively to set short goals and build skills that fit everyday life.
What is her clinical background and experience?
Lorena has five years of clinical experience working with common emotional and relational concerns, including first responder stress and motivation or self-esteem issues.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds an LMFT credential and is licensed in New Mexico.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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