Meet Lori

Lori is an ICEEFT Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist and Supervisor, a Certified Internal Family Systems Therapist, and holds a Mastery-level Certificate in Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (PSIP). She is a founding member of Montana EFT and has played a central role in developing and training effective couple therapy in the region.

Originally trained as an experimental psychologist, Lori brings a strong respect for research alongside decades of hands-on clinical experience. Her work is grounded in attachment theory, nervous system science, and outcome research, while remaining deeply attentive to lived, moment-to-moment experience. She approaches symptoms not as pathology but as intelligent adaptations to conditions that once enabled survival.

Over the course of her career, Lori has worked directly with hundreds of individuals and couples, and has supported many more through teaching, supervision, and professional training. She is known for her warm, steady presence; her capacity to track subtle emotional and physiological shifts; and her ability to guide clients beneath habitual narratives into deeper contact with themselves and one another.

In addition to her clinical training, Lori has studied with spiritual teachers from Lutheran Christian, Tibetan Buddhist, Indigenous, and shamanic traditions. These influences inform her work without eclipsing clinical rigor, supporting an approach that honors both psychological and existential dimensions of healing.

Lori earned her PhD in Experimental Psychology from the University of Minnesota and a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Montana State University. Before entering the counseling field, she worked in high-tech development. She now lives in Bozeman, Montana, where she enjoys nature, movement, music, and creative expression.

Lori continues to study with leading therapists and teachers, remaining committed to humility, learning, and the ongoing refinement of her work.