Lora Newman, LPC

Lora Newman is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 17 years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, career concerns, and life changes. She combines counseling and leadership coaching to help clients move past blocks that interfere with work and daily life. Her approach aims to meet people where they are and support practical progress.

Newman keeps sessions warm, direct, and interactive. She uses Client-Centered and Existential ideas to help people clarify values and choices. Mindfulness practices are used to ground attention and reduce reactivity in stressful moments.

She also offers Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and performance-focused EMDR for people working through trauma and barriers to peak functioning. In some work she uses experiential methods such as Equine Assisted Learning to surface patterns and practice new ways of relating. These options are offered alongside talk-based work and coaching tools.

In sessions she focuses on clear goals like improving communication, managing money stress, handling workplace strain, or exploring life purpose. She helps people develop skills to cope with change and to strengthen self-worth. Meet-and-plan conversations are used to shape a path that fits each person’s needs.

Newman practices in Missouri and works primarily in English. Prospective clients are encouraged to use the site process to match and schedule so they can review current session options and next steps.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following a person’s priorities. In practice this means sessions center on what matters to the client and on helping them find their own answers. Existential Therapy looks at values, meaning, and choice; it helps when people feel stuck about purpose or big life direction decisions.

EMDR is used to address trauma and patterns that block performance. In clinical terms it involves guided processing to reduce the emotional charge around difficult memories and to free attention for current goals. Mindfulness Therapy adds simple attention and breathing practices to manage stress in the moment and reduce reactivity.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, past experiences, and preferences, then suggest which methods may be most useful. Clients are encouraged to ask questions and help shape the plan so it fits their needs.

Session delivery options are not listed here, so confirm available online formats before booking. Many people find online appointments helpful for fitting sessions into workdays, keeping shorter check-ins, or avoiding travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, EMDR protocols, and mindfulness practices for remote work when the format supports them.