Lorri has extensive experience working with families and children of separation and divorce. She is a Registered Family Mediator and a Registered Parenting Coordinator-Arbitrator and she has been providing specialized services to parents and children for the past 25 years. Lorri completed her Ph.D. on "Including the Voices of Children of Separation and Divorce in the Legal System".
adult counselling services
Additionally, adult services are available in couple and family counselling and family mediation.
Adults requiring services related to separation and divorce will benefit from years of court related experience, training and practice.
Therapies/Services Available
For children, adolescents and families a number of therapeutic approaches are offered:
Play therapy- Expressive therapy
- Brief Solution Focused Child and Adult Therapy
- EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
- Sand Play
- Couple and Family Counseling
- Parent Counseling
- Individual Counseling
- Separation and Divorce Mediation
- Parenting Coordination
Common Referral Issues Include:
- Separation / Divorce /Post-Separation
- Grief
- Trauma (Physical, emotional, sexual, situational)
- Phobias
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Difficulties
- Attachment
- School Issues
- Performance Enhancement
- Transitional Problems
Assessment Services
Child and Adolescent Assessments
Lorri is a leading consultant and assessor for children and adolescents. She and co-director Ken Gardner of Rocky Mountain Play Therapy Institute developed and co-authored the Play Therapy Dimensions Model: A Decision-Making Guide for Integrative Play Therapists. This decision-making model assists practitioners working with children and adolescents in both assessment and treatment decision-making. For Child and Adolescent assessments, Lorri will meet with each parent or caregiver in order to gain a full understanding of the child from the parents' perspectives. She will then, in consultation with the parents formulate a practical, individually tailored plan. Developmental, environmental and social issues will all be considered when providing assessment services and subsequent feedback to parents.
Adult and Family Assessments
Lorri provides assessments for individual adults and families in the areas of separation and divorce, treatment of trauma, relationship issues, trauma and adjustment difficulties (anger, anxiety and depression).
Emphasis is on Staying Current
Lorri is continually seeking training in current clinical approaches and is committed to being involved in ongoing research. She must pursue cutting edge and efficacious assessment and treatment approaches due to providing national and international training programs to others.