Lorena Griese
Support for family and parenting concerns
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed in
- New Mexico
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Lorena
Lorena Griese is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on family and parenting concerns along with stress and anxiety. She offers a calm presence and practical help for people facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, and changes in life. Lorena works to build on each person’s strengths and believes clients know their own stories best.
She aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable and respectful of how hard that can be.
Background and approach
In sessions she listens first and helps identify clear, doable goals. She guides people through relationship and family conflicts and supports work on self-esteem, motivation, and confidence. Her practice also addresses trauma and abuse, depression, anger, intimacy-related issues, and compassion fatigue, with additional attention to first responder concerns.
Lorena draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people learn coping skills and change unhelpful patterns. She uses language that is plain and direct, and she keeps suggestions practical so clients can try them between sessions. Progress is paced to each person’s needs and comfort level.
With five years as a licensed marriage and family therapist, Lorena brings hands-on experience helping people manage anxiety, parenting stress, and relationship repair. She practices in New Mexico and conducts sessions in English. Her approach is collaborative and aimed at steady, usable change.
Clients can expect clear communication about goals, grounded feedback, and support building strengths. Lorena encourages people to take small steps and celebrates the effort it takes to seek help.
Approaches that fit family and parenting needs online
Two evidence-based techniques Lorena commonly uses are goal-focused problem solving and skills coaching. Goal-focused problem solving helps break a larger issue into small steps and practical tasks, which can be useful for parenting challenges and managing stress. Skills coaching teaches concrete tools for communication, emotion regulation, and managing anxiety so people can try them between sessions.A second helpful approach is trauma-informed supportive therapy. This method prioritizes safety, pacing, and building coping strategies after difficult experiences. It supports people working through grief, trauma, and compassion fatigue while attending to current relationships and daily functioning.
Figuring out which approach fits best is a collaborative process. Lorena discusses goals, preferences, and life demands with each person and adjusts techniques over time. She aims to match methods to what the client needs and what feels workable in their life.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules or shift between real-time talks and short check-ins. The range of options helps people keep progress steady even when life gets hectic.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- New Mexico
- Languages
- English
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