About Lorena
Lorena Griese helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, and low self-esteem. She also supports those coping with trauma and abuse, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, anger, and life transitions.
Background and approach
Lorena welcomes people from the LGBT community and offers understanding around intimacy-related concerns and first responder issues. Lorena is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in New Mexico.
She draws on five years of professional experience to guide conversations and practical next steps. Her style is straightforward and respectful - she listens first, then helps people set small, realistic goals.
In sessions she treats each person as the expert on their life. She helps clients notice strengths they already have.
Together they work on skills and small changes that make day-to-day life easier. She knows starting therapy can feel scary and validates that first step.
Lorena aims to make the process manageable by focusing on what matters most to the client. That can look like short skill practice between sessions or talking through a specific problem in a few focused meetings.
People who want flexible ways to connect will find several options for remote sessions. Lorena works to keep conversations practical, clear, and grounded in real life.
She helps people build tools they can use after a session ends.
Evidence-informed approaches and online options
Many of the techniques Lorena uses focus on practical skills and short-term strategies that help people manage symptoms and handle everyday challenges. One common approach teaches coping skills and stress management techniques to reduce anxiety and overwhelm. These skills include breathing and grounding exercises, activity planning, and step-by-step problem solving to address immediate stressors.Another approach centers on relationship and family patterns. This work looks at communication habits, boundaries, and ways to repair connection after conflict. It often includes role practice and simple exercises to try between sessions to shift how people relate to one another.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Lorena will talk with each person about their goals, needs, and preferences, and together they decide which methods to try first. Adjustments are made over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy provides flexible ways to get support. Video sessions let people work face-to-face when visual cues help the conversation. Phone sessions can fit into a short break at work or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to check in without a full session and to use brief, focused exchanges for quick support or skill practice. These options make it easier to use therapy regularly and fit it into a busy life.
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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