Lori Hancock-Muck, LMHC

Lori Hancock-Muck is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Iowa with 15 years of experience focused on addiction and closely related challenges. She concentrates on helping people address addictions as well as stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, grief, intimacy-related concerns, sleep problems, parenting struggles, anger, self-esteem, career questions, depression, and coping with life transitions. Her broader focus includes issues such as abandonment, caregiver stress, codependency, communication and control struggles, divorce and separation, drug and alcohol addiction, family conflict, forgiveness, guilt and shame, impulsivity, isolation and loneliness, questions of life purpose, midlife change, and financial stress.

Lori uses a client-centered stance that honors each person as the expert on their own story, building treatment plans that draw on individual strengths. She applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy to create practical, goal-oriented work tailored to the needs of each person. This blend of approaches supports skill building, motivation for change, and focused problem solving.

Her practice emphasizes helping people move toward sustainable, meaningful change while acknowledging that change can feel difficult. Lori offers a supportive, collaborative style and provides therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and in-app messaging to make care more accessible and adaptable to different lifestyles.