Catherine Lorino, LSCSW, LCSW

Catherine Lorino is a licensed social worker with thirty years of experience helping people navigate stress, relationships, mood concerns, and life transitions. She holds KS LSCSW and MO LCSW credentials and draws on long clinical experience to offer steady, practical support. Catherine writes simply and listens carefully so clients can name what matters and find ways to move forward.

She blends talk-based methods with skills training to address anxiety, depression, bipolar mood issues, and trauma reactions. Sessions often focus on clearer communication, managing strong emotions, better sleep, and setting boundaries to reduce conflict. Catherine also works with parenting strains, family problems, and substance-related concerns that affect daily life.

Her background includes community mental health, special education, and service in the United States Army. That range of settings shaped her approach to assessment, behavior planning, and coordinated care for people with complex needs. She has also provided school-based consultation and led trainings for educators and community providers.

In the room she aims to help people name thoughts and feelings without judgment and test small changes that build new habits. Catherine uses goal-focused steps alongside mindfulness and skills from acceptance and behavior-based therapies. Her style is pragmatic and compassionate, aimed at useful change rather than jargon.

Outside of practice she is active in veteran causes and family life as a mother of four. Her experience with service and civilian life informs how she understands stress, life transitions, and the practical demands clients bring to therapy.

How these therapies translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and life-direction questions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and is often used for depression, anxiety, and sleep or eating problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns and how early connections shape current reactions, which can help with communication problems, intimacy issues, and family conflict.

Finding the right approach is part of the collaborative process. Catherine will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them as progress is made.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing appointments from wherever is convenient. Some formats require less bandwidth or no camera, which can suit brief check-ins or times when a quieter setup is needed. Because session formats are not specified in the biography, confirm current options before booking to know how sessions will be delivered and which will best fit your schedule and needs.