Catherine Lorino , LSCSW, LCSW

Catherine Lorino is a clinically licensed social work practitioner with 30 years of experience working with individuals, families, and couples facing a wide range of life challenges. She has practiced in community mental health settings, special education, and served in the United States Army, developing deep experience with comprehensive psychosocial assessments, special needs populations, challenging behaviors, depression, anxiety, parenting and family crises, post-traumatic stress disorder, and severe and persistent mental illness.

Catherine guides clients through goal-oriented treatment by helping them put thoughts and feelings into words and by offering nonjudgmental support. She focuses on helping people develop new perspectives on their circumstances and build practical skills for managing everyday stressors such as relationship conflicts, work pressure, and time management. Her approach emphasizes consistent counseling, healthier relationship patterns, stress management, and compassionate self-reflection to promote changes in behavior and belief systems that affect depression, anxiety, and interpersonal conflict.

She holds LSCSW and LCSW credentials, clinical social work licenses that reflect advanced training and supervised practice in therapeutic care. In addition to direct clinical work, Catherine has worked with school-based teams to create individualized, data-informed programs for students with disabilities and challenging behaviors. She has served as a university guest speaker, provided community training for school districts, and is a trainer with the Crisis Prevention Institute and Youth Mental Health First Aid.

Outside of her professional life, Catherine is passionate about family, travel, and veterans causes. She is an active mother to four children and brings personal experience of family milestones and parenting challenges to her clinical work.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Catherine draws from evidence-informed methods to tailor care to each person's needs. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying personal values and developing psychological flexibility so individuals can take meaningful action even when uncomfortable thoughts or feelings arise. Attachment-Based Therapy explores relational patterns formed in close relationships and helps people build safer, more secure connections with partners and family members. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, concentrates on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaching practical skills for managing symptoms like anxiety and depression.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Catherine works with clients to assess needs, goals, and preferences, then adapts techniques from these approaches to create a treatment plan that fits each person's life and priorities.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited travel options. Catherine provides sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing clients to access care from home, work, or while traveling. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to use therapeutic tools in real-life settings between sessions.