Therapist Profile

Name:
Lori Gortner
Professional Title:
Location:
4153 A El Camino Way Palo Alto, CA 94306-4034 USA
Phone:
(650) 248-3122
Location:
916 Laurel Ave. Menlo Park, CA 94025
Phone:
(650) 248-3122
Email:
Website:
License Number
LMFT39511
Practicing Since:
1998
Additional Licenses:
MFT,J.D.

Personal Statement

Personal Statement:
I provide opportunities for individuals and couples to enhance their awareness of themselves and the quality of their relationships with others. My specialties as a therapist include counseling for loss, grief, and long-term illness as well as transitions such as divorce and retirement.

I work to bring emotional conflicts rooted in the past into the 'here and now', helping clients to confront, acknowledge, and resolve their issues.

My philosophy is to make each session as focused and effective as possible, while maintaining a warm, supportive, and safe environment. I provide telehealth services to those too ill or disabled or otherwise unable to have office visits. I use skype, email, and telephone for my telehealth services. I offer a group for women who love too much, based on Robin Norwood's book of that same name. Many women are attracted to men who are physically or emotionally unavailable. They view their own self-worth through the "love" they eek out of these relationships. My group is in my Redwood City office and runs on Tuesday evenings from 6:30-8:00. My fee for is $125 per session. I do offer a sliding scale and have a different rate for my group. Contact me at 650-248-3122 or lgortner@gmail.com for more information or to schedule an appointment.

About My Practice

Office Hours
Mondays: 9:30-1; Tuesdays: 9-1; 4:00-8:00; Wednesdays:9:30-2; Thursdays:9-1; Fridays: 9:30- 2; Weekends by appointment.
Services
My practice includes, Group Therapy ,Couple, and Individual psychotherapy. I also help individuals who are going through a mediated or collaborative divorce in my capacity as a divorce coach. My group focuses on the self-abuse many women put themselves through in the effort to feel loved by unavailable men. It is based on the book, Women Who Love Too Much, by Robin Norwood. I provide telehealth as well for those unable to attend sessions in person. These sessions are available via skype, email, and telephone and are priced at $125/50 minute hour.
Insurance
Aetna, Blue Shield of CA, Cigna, Magellan, Private Pay, Tricare
Credit Cards Accepted
None
Free Initial Consult
No
Offers Teletherapy
Online, Phone

Education

Degrees
MS, Counseling, Hayward State, 1998 J.D., King Hall-UC Davis, 1985 AB, History, UC Davis, 1982

Area of Specialty

Specialites:
Anxiety
Career Stress and Changes
Childhood Trauma
Combat/Military Related Trauma
Couples
Depression/Clinical Depression
Divorce/Dissolution
Elder/Geriatrics/Gerontology
EMDR
Employment Issues
Grief/Loss Terminally Ill
Individual
Life Transitions/Mid-Life Issues
Mediation
Pre-Marriage Counseling
Post Traumatic Stress Disorders
Relationships
Self Esteem/Personal Growth
Single Parents
Telephone/Online Therapy
Terminally Ill
Trauma
Victims of Crime
Women's Issues

Other

Theoretical Orientation
Developmental/Depth
EMDR-Eye Movement Desensitization/ Reprocessing
Humanistic/Existential
Process
Certifications
Languages Spoken
English
Ethnicity
Caucasian (Non-Hispanic)

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