Lori Medeiros

I believe healing happens through honest connection — not a technique, not a protocol, but a real relationship where you feel safe enough to say the thing you haven't been able to say yet.

Seeking support takes courage, especially when you've spent a long time carrying difficult experiences on your own. My background spans community mental health, homelessness services, street outreach, grief facilitation, and addiction treatment. For over 12 years, I've led grief groups through FRIENDS WAY, supporting people through sudden death, suicide loss, overdose loss, anticipatory grief, and complicated bereavement. That work has given me deep expertise in thanatology — the study of grief and loss — and a profound respect for how loss shapes every part of a person's life.

I also specialize in substance use and recovery, infertility, end-of-life concerns, anxiety, depression, and trauma. As a licensed and certified advanced alcohol and drug counselor (LADC I, CAADC), I bring clinical depth and a harm reduction lens to everything I do.

My approach is practical and rooted in who you actually are — not who therapy says you should become. I draw on Motivational Interviewing, CBT, Internal Family Systems (IFS), ACT, Narrative Therapy, and mindfulness-based approaches, adapting to what fits you and where you are in the process.

Harm reduction is central to how I work with substance use — I meet people where they are, without judgment and without a predetermined endpoint. For grief, I bring both clinical training in thanatology and 12 years of real-world experience sitting with people in their hardest moments.

Therapy is not about fixing you. It's about helping you understand yourself more fully and move toward a life that actually feels like yours.

Our first session is a chance to get to know each other and begin building trust. We'll talk about what brought you here, what's been weighing on you, and what you hope for moving forward.

You don't need to have all the words or know exactly where to begin. We'll move at a pace that feels right — and work together to figure out what support actually looks like for you.

My hope is that you leave our first conversation feeling a little less alone, and a little more ready for what comes next.