Lori Cheek Gilroy, LCSW

Approaches that guide online parenting support

Client-centered work focuses on the person's goals and values. The therapist follows the parent's lead, asks questions, and reflects back what matters most so solutions grow from the parent's own priorities. This approach helps when someone needs respectful, nonjudgmental support while sorting parenting decisions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts, feelings, and actions. Lori uses simple CBT techniques to spot thinking patterns that increase stress or anxiety and to try new behaviors that reduce symptoms. This method is useful for worry, low mood, and changing common parenting reactions.

Motivational Interviewing helps people strengthen their own motivation to change. It uses short conversations and gentle prompts to clarify why a change matters and what small steps feel doable. This approach is often helpful for parents trying to make changes in routines, self-care, or communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Lori will work collaboratively to match methods to each person's needs, goals, and preferences rather than using a single fixed plan. Together they set goals and try practical experiments to see what helps.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversations and skills practice, phone can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth, live chat and text are useful for quick check-ins or ongoing coaching. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules.