About Loren
Loren Buford integrates a client-centered stance with evidence-based techniques to help people address stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and grief.
Background and approach
As an LCSW practicing in Illinois with 14 years of experience, she combines empathy and practical interventions to support growth in areas such as self-esteem, intimacy-related concerns, addictions, and coping with life changes. Her work often focuses on interpersonal patterns and personal meaning, including communication problems, codependency, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and aging-related transitions.
Loren uses approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and narrative methods to help clients gain insight, reframe unhelpful thoughts, and build skills for healthier habits. She also addresses career concerns, anger, parenting challenges, and compassion fatigue while supporting exploration of life purpose and self-love.
Sessions are tailored to each person’s goals and paced to fit their readiness for change. With an emphasis on respect and collaborative planning, she guides clients toward clearer choices and more sustainable emotional wellbeing while honoring the unique context of each individual’s life.
Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening deeply and creating a collaborative space where a person's goals and values guide the work; it helps people clarify priorities and build confidence in making changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors by teaching practical strategies to challenge unhelpful thinking and develop healthier routines, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress management. Mindfulness therapy supports learning present-moment awareness and self-compassion through simple attention practices that can reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each client to identify goals,試 try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what feels most effective and comfortable. This collaborative stance helps ensure interventions match a person's needs, preferences, and pace for change.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging so clients can engage in therapy in ways that fit their schedule and communication style. These options can make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to practice skills between appointments while connecting with a licensed professional from wherever the client is able to participate.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English