Dr. Lori Schade

LMFT, AAMFT approved supervisor, EFCT, EFIT and EFFT certified therapist and supervisor, AASECT certified sex therapist, certified trauma professional and founder and owner of Compassionate Connections Counseling

I'm Dr. Lori Schade, LMFT. I wanted to become a marriage and family therapist because I grew up in a large family and loved it. I I have been practicing therapy on and off since 1989, alternating my work with the work of raising my own large family of 7 children, created with my husband of almost four decades. Though family life can be crazy, I believe in the protective elements of strong families. Marriages and families potentially influence individuals in powerful ways. Some of our strongest emotions are experienced in our family relationships. Helping people in the context of these relationships is my favorite kind of therapy.

I see individuals, couples and families, with special clinical and research emphases in couples’ therapy, infidelity, attachment injuries, sex therapy, non-suicidal self-injury, and trauma. I am certified in all three emotionally-focused models, EFIT, EFCT and EFFT. I am also trained in and employ the Gottman method for couples, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Attachment-Based Family Therapy (ABFT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Lifespan Integration (LI), Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Sand tray therapy, and various play therapies, including Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT), and Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT), narrative therapies, solution-focused therapies, experiential and art therapies, and additional attachment-based and trauma-informed therapies.