Lori Rolf, LCSW, LICSW

Licensed in Minnesota · 18 years in practice

Lori Rolf is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood struggles, and life transitions.

License and registration

LICSW, Minnesota: 19065 · expires August 2026
LCSW, California: 119468 · expires November 2027
NPI: 1407521479 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 18
Languages: English

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About Lori

Lori Rolf is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood struggles, and life transitions. She practices from a straightforward, empathetic stance that values each person's experience. Lori speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions.

Her work addresses a wide range of concerns including depression, addictions, eating disorders, grief, trauma and abuse, and challenges with relationships and intimacy.

Background and approach

She also supports people facing compassion fatigue, career strain, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, and women’s issues. Lori helps people build skills for emotion regulation, coping, and better daily functioning. Lori blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques and dialectical behavior tools.

She also draws on mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people set goals and stay motivated. Sessions focus on clear, achievable strategies rather than theory-heavy explanations. She emphasizes a collaborative partnership.

Together with each person Lori sets short-term goals and practical steps to try between sessions. The aim is steady progress people can notice in day-to-day life. Lori holds both a LCSW in California and a LICSW in Minnesota and practices from Minnesota.

She offers a calm, steady presence and practical guidance for those seeking change and relief from overwhelming emotions.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Lori lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Anger management
Depression
Compassion fatigue
LGBT
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
ADHD
Women's issues

Approaches Lori names

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Online support

How Lori Uses Evidence-Based Approaches Online

Client-centered therapy begins by listening and shaping sessions around what matters most to the person. This approach helps people feel heard and guides goal-setting based on their values and daily challenges.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and testing new ways of thinking and acting. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday struggles because it emphasizes practical exercises and measurable change.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for managing strong emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress. Those tools can help with emotion regulation, anger, and impulse-related concerns.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to pick methods that match the client’s goals, needs, and preferences. Plans are reviewed and adjusted so techniques stay relevant to progress and life changes.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy schedules. Video helps replicate a face-to-face feel, phone calls can work when bandwidth is low, live chat offers quick check-ins, and messaging supports brief updates or ongoing encouragement. These options aim to increase flexibility and make it easier to keep therapy consistent.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Lori commonly address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, anger, trauma and abuse, grief, eating concerns, intimacy issues, relationship challenges, compassion fatigue, bipolar, ADHD, career strain, and coping with life changes. Women’s issues are an additional focus.

What is her therapy style like?

Lori uses an empathic, accepting approach that centers the person’s experience. Sessions emphasize practical skills and clear steps people can try between meetings.

How long has she been practicing?

She has 18 years of experience working as a counselor and therapist with people facing a wide range of concerns.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds LCSW and LICSW credentials and practices from Minnesota while also holding a California LCSW credential.

Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

In what formats are sessions available?

Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How does pricing work for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin working together?

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