- Values-guided work
- Gender and sexuality
- Trauma informed care
About Orion
Orion Block is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Rhode Island. Orion brings eight years of direct therapy experience and more than 15 years of community organizing and education on race, women's, and LGBTQIA+ issues. They use a client-focused style that centers each person's knowledge of their own life.
Orion aims to help people build independence by drawing on their existing strengths and beliefs. Sessions emphasize respect, honesty, and practical steps that feel manageable. Orion works with issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship concerns, and challenges around gender and sexuality.
Their focus also includes adoption and foster care concerns, abandonment and attachment issues, body image, eating and food-related problems, caregiving stress, chronic illness or pain, and hoarding. Orion supports people dealing with intimacy-related issues, bipolar mood concerns, and complex family of origin problems.
Therapeutic tools come from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy, Mindfulness, and Motivational Interviewing. These approaches are used in concrete ways - learning new skills, noticing thoughts without getting stuck, and aligning action with personal values.
Orion describes themselves as compassionate and straightforward. They welcome conversations about gender identity, kink and alternative sexual cultures, and diverse sexual orientations. To begin, a brief matching questionnaire is used before scheduling a first session.
How therapy approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It is often used for anxiety, depression, life transitions, and identity struggles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing them with practical behavioral experiments to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and collaboration so the client leads the agenda and the therapist reflects what the client already knows about their life.Finding the right approach is a shared process. Orion will collaborate with each person to decide which tools fit their goals and preferences. That may mean blending ACT, CBT, and client-centered listening across sessions while adjusting what feels most useful over time.
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time, offering shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and allowing people to meet from wherever they are located within the therapist's service area. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, mindfulness practices, and behavioral experiments to an online setting so progress continues between sessions.
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Experience
8+ years
Credentials
Nevada, Rhode Island
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns can Orion help with?
Orion works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and communication problems, eating and body image issues, and identity concerns including LGBTQ topics. Additional focuses include abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment issues, caregiving stress, chronic illness, hoarding, and other complex life challenges.
What is Orion's therapeutic approach like?
Orion uses a client-centered style and draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. The work tends to be practical and values-focused, with attention to skills, thought patterns, and what matters to the client.
What experience does Orion bring to sessions?
They have eight years of clinical therapy experience plus over 15 years of community organizing and education related to race, women's, and LGBTQIA+ issues. That background informs their approach to identity and social context in therapy.
What credentials and location information are provided?
Orion holds LICSW and LCSW credentials, listed as RI LICSW and NV LCSW, and practices in Rhode Island.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before scheduling so you know whether online or in-person meetings are available.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with Orion?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.