About Lorraine
Lorraine LaPorte is a licensed clinical social worker in Pennsylvania who uses practical, evidence-informed approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, mood struggles, and addiction-related concerns. She keeps conversations direct and compassionate so people feel heard and understood. Her goal is to help clients build skills they can use day to day.
With three years of professional experience, Lorraine blends skills from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to address low self-esteem, depression, and bipolar-related challenges.
Background and approach
She also draws on attachment-focused ideas when relationship patterns and communication problems come up. Sessions are geared toward clear, achievable goals rather than long lectures. Clients can expect a straightforward, client-centered tone in sessions.
Lorraine aims to create a nonjudgmental space where people can talk openly about coping with life changes, grief, career stress, or family strain. She works with people on concrete tools for managing emotions and improving relationships. Lorraine also supports people dealing with compassion fatigue, codependency, isolation, and issues around body image or self-love.
She helps sort through control and dependence patterns and navigates separation or divorce concerns with practical problem-solving and emotional support. Her approach combines skills training, mindful awareness, and values-based work to help people clarify purpose and take steps toward meaningful change. Lorraine offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
Practical approaches for online therapy and skills work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice painful thoughts and feelings without letting them drive actions. It helps with anxiety, low mood, and finding motivation by clarifying personal values and committing to small steps. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape present-day interactions and communication. This approach can help when trust, closeness, or repeated conflict are getting in the way of relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches specific skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress by breaking problems into manageable parts.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lorraine will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then try methods that match those needs. Together they set short-term goals and adjust methods if something isn’t helping, so the process stays collaborative and practical.
Online sessions can fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging works well for brief updates, coping prompts, and steady support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and other commitments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English