Lori Mattingly (she/her)

Adoption can bring a complex experience to the adoptee, biological family and adoptive family that is unique to family dynamics. I can provide psychoeducation about how is affects all these parties in the adoption constellation, help process experiences unique to adoption, and provide tools to navigate these relationships.

I am trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I provide psychoeducation about trauma, teach tools for coping, and help process trauma such as child sexual abuse, child physical abuse, child neglect, medical trauma, interpersonal trauma, witnessing traumatic events, bereavement, domestic violence, experiences that were endured during active substance use disorders, and suicide attempts.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of California. I can help you discover the source of your relationship problems, learn communication skills and process your thoughts and feelings about these issues.

I use this lens when clients are searching for their purpose, trying to make sense of their circumstances or life events, or going through change. When something shakes our world up this can help you figure out where you want to land.

How you experience your relationship with your therapist can have a direct effect on the progress you make in therapy. By modeling communication skills, mannerisms, body language, verbal language, and mindfulness during social interactions I may be providing you with an opportunity to learn new ways to re-engage with others around you.

I am trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Therapy (TFCBT). It follows a structure that allows me to teach you about trauma and copings skills, followed by facilitating a narrative in which you tell your story, and then re-process it. In the end we work on safety planning to help you feel more confident facing the world. Although this is a structured modality, we can adapt it as needed to apply pieces as needed.