Our Team

Lori A. Losen, LPC, Registered Play Therapist Supervisor is both the owner of Compass Professional Counselors, LLC and a licensed professional counselor in the state of PA. She specializes in working with children, adolescents and families. She has a special interest in working with families with children with chronic illness and adoption/foster families. Lori received her undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Education and proceeded to work as a kindergarten teacher in Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and Honduras. Upon returning to the United States and while raising her three children Lori returned to school to obtain her Master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Scranton. She began her counseling career working in a community nonprofit with children and adolescents who had experienced trauma. Lori is also the Luzerne County Head Start Mental Health Consultant. Lori has received training in various play therapy techniques including Filial Therapy, Child Centered Play Therapy and Theraplay®. She is a certified Theraplay® practitioner. She has also received training in Bowen Family Systems Theory. She recently completed Bruce Perry’s Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics, Level 1 which helps to assess psychological and behavioral symptoms through a neurological lens.

Lori believes in a thorough assessment process in order to help with treatment and goal setting. She looks at families as a system, understanding if one person in the unit is struggling, the entire unit is struggling. She also recognizes that parents are the experts of their child and believes their input and participation in therapy is instrumental to success.

Lori can be reached at Lori@CompassCounselor.com

Britney Gregory comes to Compass Counseling with 4 years in the mental health field, working as a Behavior Technician with children and adolescents with Autism, a Substance Abuse Counselor working with individuals with Opioid Use Disorder, and a Mental Health Counselor, working in college and community mental health settings. Britney’s expertise is in helping individuals with anxiety, depression, and severe trauma. She uses a variety of techniques, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Person-Centered Therapy. 

Britney received her Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from King’s College and her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Bellevue University in Bellevue, Nebraska. She is licensed as an Associate Professional Counselor and is a National Certified Counselor through the National Board of Certified Counselors. 

Britney feels that every client is the expert in their own lives and believes that therapy is a place to align their goals with their narrative to find peace and empowerment. Her desire is to give her clients the knowledge to identify their challenges in life and the tools and techniques to overcome those challenges. Britney uses an individualized approach to each of her sessions, listening to her clients and hearing their unique needs to identify the best approach. Britney also believes in establishing trust with her clients through compassion and empathy, helping them to feel comfortable in the session so that they can feel free to voice their opinions and openly discuss whatever brings them to therapy. She looks forward to empowering her clients to become the authors of their own life story and achieve their goals.

Nicole Tuzinski is a licensed mental health clinician (LMHC) who specializes in treating children, adolescents, and their families with varied mental health concerns. Licensed in the State of Pennsylvania and New York. Nicole has earned her master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling from New England College, and has extensive knowledge and experience working with diverse populations within the mental health field. Nicole provides individual psychotherapy for patients ages six and up, as well as family therapy.

Nicole specializes in Trauma focused cognitive behavior therapy which addresses the specific emotional and mental health needs of children, adolescents, and families who are struggling to overcome the destructive effect of early trauma. Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy is especially sensitive to the unique problems of youth with post-traumatic stress and mood disorders resulting from abuse, violence, or grief.

In addition, Nicole works with clients and their families on developing the child’s social and emotional skills. So that, they can build a solid platform to prompt healthy functioning in the home, school, and community. Nicole focuses on encouraging improvements in the most vital aspects of a child’s life, including increased academic achievement, decreased aggression, and fighting, as well as improving family communication. She utilizes techniques that integrate mindfulness, and cognitive therapy.