About Catherine
Catherine Lorino is a licensed social worker with three decades of experience helping people through stress, relationships, parenting strain, and mood challenges. She holds KS LSCSW 2338 and MO LCSW 2019035021 and brings a steady, practical approach to sessions.
She uses evidence-informed methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Attachment-Based work to help people name what matters and take small steps forward. Sessions focus on clear skills and real-life strategies rather than jargon, so parents and adults can try changes between meetings.
Background and approach
Catherine draws on long service in community mental health, special education, and the United States Army. That background shaped her work with people facing trauma, depression, anxiety, addictions, and complex behavioral challenges. She also has experience designing data-based programs for students with disabilities and training school teams.
In the room she helps people put thoughts and feelings into words and look at patterns that get in the way of goals. She often guides clients toward communication skills, stress management techniques, and ways to cope with shame or guilt. Practical steps and steady support are central to her style.
Outside clinical settings she speaks to community and school groups and trains others in crisis prevention and youth mental health. She is a mother of four and is active in veteran causes, which inform her perspective on family life and service.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and take small actions that move them toward a meaningful life. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and low mood when a person wants practical steps tied to what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing different behaviors to change mood and functioning. It works well for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and daily routines. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people change how they relate to loved ones and manage emotional triggers.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Catherine will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they review what is helping and adjust the plan over time so the work feels useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people work face to face when they prefer it. Phone calls are often easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat or messaging can fit busy schedules or provide brief support between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, family life, or other routines while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Kansas, Missouri
- Languages
- English