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Lori Gortner

Marriage & Family Therapist - LMFT

I believe that the relationship we have with ourselves is extended into our relationships with others. I also believe that life can become unsatisfying when we get stuck in old issues and injuries. I use a client-centered approach to therapy. That means that I trust and follow you into and through unresolved issues that interfere with fulfilling relationships with yourself and others. I also use an active model of therapy in that I will ask you to go beyond your stories and connect with yourself. For most people, effective psychotherapy requires a shift in lifestyle and involves a commitment to be curious about and connected with your experience of yourself. Personal change requires courage and commitment.


Skills and Expertise
Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
Adjustment to College
Aging and Geriatric Issues
Anxiety
Attachment Issues
Breakups
Cancer
Caregiver Issues or Stress
Chronic Illness or Disability
Chronic Pain or Illness
codependency
college age
Commitment Issues
Communication Problems
Control Issues
Coping Mechanisms
Couple Counseling
Depression
Divorce and Divorce Adjustment
Elderly Persons Disorders
Emotional Intelligence
Emptiness
Entitlement
Family of Origin Issues
Forgiveness
grief
Guilt
Helplessness and Victimhood
Inadequacy
Individuation
Infidelity and Affair Recovery
Irritability
Isolation
Jealousy
Life Purpose
Loss or Grief
Marriage Couseling
Marital Therapy
Meditation
Mindfulness based therapy
Mood Disorders
Navigating Identity in Relationships
Peer Relationships
pain
Premarital Counseling
Relationship Issues
Self Esteem
Self-Harming
Spirituality
Stress
Suicidal Ideation
Teens
Trauma and PTSD
Veteran Issues
Women's issue
Treatment Orientation
Developmental
EMDR
Gestalt
Humanistic
Lifespan Integration
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
Psychodynamic
Therapy unique to each client
Modality
Couples
Group
Individuals
Location
Lori Gortner, LMFT
999 Commercial St., Suite 102
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Availability

I have in-person sessions on Wednesdays from 8-8.
Every other day, I have video sessions, excluding Saturdays and Sundays.

Finances

Avg Cost (per session):
Message me for details

Sliding Scale: Yes

Accepted Payment Methods:
Check, Cash, via internet, Paypal

Accepted Insurance Plans:
Aetna, BlueCross and BlueShield, Ceridian, Cigna, Health Net, Kaiser, MHN, MHNet Behavioral Health, Magellan Behavioral Health, Optum, TriWest, UnitedHealthcare

License

Years in Practice: 18

Undergraduate:
University of California, Davis

Postgraduate:
California State University Hayward

Client Focus

Languages:
English

Age:
Adolescents / Teenagers (14 to 19),
Elders (65+)

Ethnicity:
All

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