Orion Block

Orion Block is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Clinical Social Worker with eight years of therapy experience. Orion brings a practical, down-to-earth style that centers each person’s lived experience. Sessions focus on building independence and using a person’s strengths to guide change.

Orion approaches therapy from a client-centered stance. They listen first and help people choose tools that actually fit their life. Mindfulness practices and acceptance-based ideas are woven into sessions to help manage stress and strong emotions.

People come to Orion for help with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Orion also supports clients facing identity and gender questions, LGBT-related issues, and challenges around kink, asexuality, or nontraditional relationships. Practical problem solving and clear communication skills are often part of the work.

Orion has a background in community organizing and education that informs their approach. That experience brings an intersectional view to therapy, with attention to race, gender, and sexual identity in everyday life. They aim to treat everyone with respect, compassion, and honesty.

In sessions Orion blends cognitive and narrative tools with motivational interviewing when change is a focus. Clients can expect straightforward conversation, skill building, and mindfulness exercises tailored to their goals. Orion encourages people to use what already works for them and build new strategies where needed.

How mindfulness and ACT translate to online work

Orion commonly uses Mindfulness Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in ways that fit everyday life. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing exercises to reduce reactivity and build steady focus, which can help with anxiety, stress, and emotion regulation. ACT emphasizes noticing thoughts and values-guided action - it helps when people are stuck or facing life changes and want to move toward what matters.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Orion works collaboratively to test strategies, adjust them, and decide which methods feel useful. Clients shape the focus and pace, and the therapist helps pick practices that match each person's goals and routines.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They can also let people practice mindfulness and behavioral experiments in the settings where they actually live and work, then bring back what they learn to sessions for troubleshooting and refinement.