Lorie Mangen, LCSW

Licensed in California · 10 years in practice

Lorie Mangen offers straightforward, compassionate care using evidence-based therapeutic techniques.

License and registration

LCSW, California: 75565 · expires September 2026
NPI: 1922257674 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 10
Languages: English

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About Lorie

Lorie Mangen offers straightforward, compassionate care using evidence-based therapeutic techniques. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, with ten years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. Her tone is calm and direct, which many people find easy to talk with during hard moments.

Lorie focuses on addictions, recovery, and concerns related to LGBT clients. She also helps people who struggle with trauma and abuse, and those living with ADHD symptoms such as focus and memory problems.

Background and approach

Sessions cover practical steps people can use between appointments. In the therapy room she aims to make conversations open and nonjudgmental. She listens for what matters most to each person, then works with them to set clear, reachable goals.

The work is collaborative and paced to the individual. She also addresses common life strains like communication problems, guilt and shame, and questions about life purpose and self-love. Those topics are explored with simple tools and exercises that can be tried at home.

People who start with Lorie can expect practical suggestions, regular check-ins on progress, and help making changes that fit daily life. She practices in California and offers multiple online formats to suit different needs.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Lorie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Online support

Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care

Many clients benefit from techniques that focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. This approach breaks problems into small parts and teaches specific skills people can practice between sessions to reduce anxiety or manage cravings. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and addictions.

Trauma-focused work helps people process difficult memories and reduce the ways past events interfere with daily life. That work moves at the person’s pace and includes grounding and coping skills to handle strong emotions when they arise. It can help with trauma, abuse, and PTSD symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they check what is working and adjust techniques over time.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video lets people work face to face, phone can be a shorter check-in or used when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat lets someone send updates or get support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, school, and family life.

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Questions people ask

What issues does she help with?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, LGBT concerns, trauma and abuse, and ADHD-related focus or memory problems.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and keeps sessions practical and goal-focused. Conversations are intended to be open and nonjudgmental.

How long has she practiced?

She has ten years of professional work experience in clinical settings.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in California and practices there.

Does she offer sessions in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English.

Which session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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