- Client-centered approach
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- EMDR for trauma
About Jerry
Jerry Lovorn is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Mississippi with 13 years of clinical experience. He works with adults on issues such as addictions, relationships, parenting concerns, anger, anxiety, depression, grief, and guilt and shame. He can incorporate a Christian perspective into sessions when a client prefers that approach.
Lovorn practices in a client-centered way, focusing on each person's voice and goals. He uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people break problems into manageable parts and reframe unhelpful thoughts. He also applies Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing when addressing trauma and substance-related concerns.
He draws on life experience as well as classroom learning to relate to the practical problems people bring. That background informs how he talks through family and relationship struggles, fatherhood issues, and communication or control problems. He often works on patterns like codependency, impulsivity, and commitment concerns.
Sessions can include mindfulness techniques and motivational interviewing to help with motivation, stress, and behavior change. He discusses forgiveness, guilt, and shame plainly, and helps people examine how faith or personal beliefs relate to those feelings when clients want that included.
He encourages honest reflection about past choices and current patterns without judgment. Change is framed as a series of concrete steps rather than a moral test, and he supports people taking those steps at a realistic pace.
Therapeutic approaches used online and how they help
Jerry uses Client-Centered Therapy to focus on each person's stated goals and experience. That means sessions emphasize listening, reflecting what matters to the client, and working at the client’s pace to reduce shame and clarify values.He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to break distress into specific thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT offers practical skills for anxiety, depression, anger, and problems with guilt by changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
EMDR is offered as a targeted approach for trauma and substance-related memories. It is presented as a stepwise method to process distressing memories and reduce their emotional intensity when that fits the client's needs.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. He will collaborate with each client to decide which methods fit their goals, preferences, and comfort level. That collaborative planning may combine listening-focused work, CBT skill-building, mindfulness techniques, or EMDR in different sessions.
Confirm current session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific options here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove travel time. Those practical benefits often help people keep momentum while they address guilt, shame, and related concerns.
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Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Mississippi
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does he address related to guilt and shame?
He works with guilt and shame alongside issues like addiction, trauma, family problems, grief, and intimacy-related struggles.
How does he approach therapy for these issues?
He uses a client-centered stance and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to reframe thoughts, and he adds EMDR for trauma or substance-related work when appropriate.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has 13 years of experience working with adults on a range of concerns including depression, anxiety, and relationship issues.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
He holds an MS and is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Mississippi.
Can sessions be conducted in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
He accepts international clients as noted in his practice details.
How are sessions paid for and what does cost look like?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with him?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.