- CBT methods
- DBT skills
- Mindfulness tools
About Lora
Lora Casteline is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 23 years of experience in mental health and substance use work. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, cope with addictions, and process trauma and abuse. Lora also supports those facing grief and loss and people working through issues related to guilt and shame.
Her approach is practical and straightforward. She uses cognitive behavioral methods to identify unhelpful patterns of thinking and behavior. She also draws on dialectical behavior techniques and mindfulness to teach skills for managing strong emotions and staying present.
In sessions she focuses on concrete steps. That might mean spotting the thoughts that fuel shame, practicing coping skills for cravings, or planning small changes that reduce daily stress. She blends skills training with discussion so clients leave with usable tools.
Lora has worked across settings with people experiencing co-occurring problems, including mood disorders, substance use, and life transitions. She offers support for people navigating family of origin issues, forgiveness questions, and first responder stress. Her background includes work with smoking and vaping cessation and with adults figuring out career or life purpose concerns.
She invites straightforward conversation about goals and progress. New clients are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How her approaches translate to online work
CBT is about noticing the thoughts and behaviors that keep a problem going, then practicing small changes to those patterns. It can help with anxiety, depression, and feelings of guilt by making automatic thoughts clearer and giving concrete experiments to test them.DBT teaches skills for managing intense emotions, staying grounded, and reducing self-directed harm. In short sessions it offers breathing and grounding techniques, and in longer work it adds emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills useful for shame and anger.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Lora will work with clients to weigh their needs, goals, and preferences and then introduce methods that fit those aims. She adjusts strategies over time based on what is helpful in sessions.
Details about session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow brief check-ins when needed, and support skill practice between meetings. Many people find that short practical assignments and skill rehearsals transfer well into everyday life when combined with regular meetings with a licensed professional.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
23+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and related issues such as guilt and shame.
How does she approach guilt and shame?
Lora uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify shame-driven thoughts and DBT and mindfulness strategies to build coping skills and emotional regulation.
What is her professional background?
She has 23 years of experience in mental health and substance use work and has supported people with co-occurring concerns and addiction recovery.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania and practices with that credential in the state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Current session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm the available session options before booking.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Session cost varies with location and services use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.