About Loretta
Loretta Samenga offers support for stress, anxiety, addictions, low self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and depression. She is a licensed clinical social worker in New York and brings six years of practice to her work. Loretta speaks plainly with people and focuses on practical steps they can try between sessions.
She keeps conversations direct and compassionate to help people feel less overwhelmed quickly. In sessions she builds a calm, steady space where people can talk about what is hardest.
Background and approach
She listens for patterns that keep problems coming back and helps clients spot small changes that make daily life easier. Techniques may include learning new ways to manage strong emotions, rethinking unhelpful thoughts, and practicing grounding skills to reduce stress. Loretta draws on several approaches to match what each person needs.
She uses client-centered methods to follow the person’s priorities and brings in cognitive behavioral tools to shift thinking and behavior. Mindfulness and skills from dialectical behavior work are used to regulate intense feelings when needed. Her experience includes work with addiction concerns, grief linked to separation or adoption, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and relationship communication problems.
She helps people face commitment worries, control issues, or recovery from domestic violence or substance use. Sessions are offered in English and are tailored to practical goals. Loretta aims to help clients leave sessions with one or two concrete steps to try.
She supports steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Online approaches that fit your life
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s own goals. The therapist listens, mirrors concerns, and helps clarify what matters most. This approach is useful when someone needs a clear space to sort feelings and priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful thinking and build healthier routines, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers concrete skills for handling strong emotions and improving relationships. It includes techniques for grounding, distress tolerance, and clearer communication when emotions run high.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and what feels comfortable. Together they try methods that fit the situation and adjust as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a hands-free option is needed. Chat and text let people check in quickly or have shorter, more frequent touchpoints between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy routine and keep momentum between appointments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English