Lori Franklin , LCSW

Lori Franklin is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in California with 20 years of professional experience helping people navigate difficult life challenges. As an LCSW, she holds a credential to provide clinical social work and psychotherapy, bringing long-term practice and training to her work with individuals facing trauma, abuse, grief and loss, parenting concerns, anger management, and depression.

She supports clients through both immediate coping strategies and longer-term processing, working to address the emotional impact of past harm, the weight of loss, and the everyday stresses of parenting and relationship strain. Her approach emphasizes practical tools for managing mood, reducing overwhelm, and improving communication while also creating space to explore deeper patterns of shame, guilt, isolation, and questions about life purpose.

In sessions she aims to create an open, nonjudgmental environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of criticism. She recognizes that taking the first step toward therapy often requires courage and she is proud of those who begin the process of healing and growth.

Evidence-Based Approaches Delivered Online

Lori Franklin uses evidence-based approaches tailored to the concerns clients bring to therapy. Trauma-focused work helps individuals process and integrate painful experiences, reduce reactivity, and build coping strategies to manage reminders and symptoms related to past abuse or post-traumatic stress. Grief-focused therapy supports people as they navigate loss, allowing them to explore the emotional, practical, and relational impacts of bereavement while finding adaptive ways to remember and move forward. She also offers skills-based work for anger, depression, and parenting challenges that emphasizes emotion regulation, communication techniques, and problem-solving to improve day-to-day functioning.

Choosing the right therapeutic approach is part of the process. Lori collaborates with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences and then tailors interventions accordingly, adjusting methods as progress unfolds. This collaborative planning helps ensure the work fits the individual's life and priorities.

Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to access care from home or other convenient locations. These formats provide flexibility for scheduling, support for those with mobility or geographic limits, and continued access to licensed professionals and therapists who can adapt evidence-based techniques to an online setting.