Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
How Catherine works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LSCSW, LCSW
- Licensed in
- Kansas, Missouri
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Catherine
Catherine Lorino is a licensed social worker who uses practical therapies to help people manage strong emotions and life stress. She holds KS LSCSW and MO LCSW credentials and brings 30 years of experience to sessions. Catherine focuses on everyday problems that interfere with family life, work, and relationships.
She combines approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
Sessions often include clear strategies for handling anger, improving sleep, and reducing anxiety. The work is straightforward and centered on goals that matter to the client. Catherine has worked in community mental health, special education, and the United States Army.
That background shaped her skill at assessing needs and designing step-by-step plans for people facing complex situations. She also has experience supporting people with trauma, addictions, mood disorders, and parenting strain. She has taught in university and community settings and trains groups on crisis prevention and youth mental health first aid.
That teaching informs a practical, skills-based style in therapy sessions. Catherine helps people practice new skills between appointments so change can stick. Outside of work she is a parent and volunteers for veteran causes.
She aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can say what they feel, try different choices, and build clearer routines that reduce conflict and stress.
What Catherine works with
Everything Catherine lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Catherine's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Catherine lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and commit to actions that match their values. It is useful for chronic stress, anxiety, and problems like anger that keep repeating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and testing small behavioral changes to reduce symptoms and improve daily routines. It often helps with sleep, mood, and managing worries. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and can be useful for improving communication and relationship patterns.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that match your needs and preferences. Together you will check what helps and adjust the plan over time so the work fits your life.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls let you work face to face when that helps, phone sessions can fit a shorter check-in or low-bandwidth needs, and live chat or text messaging allow shorter, ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to use therapy consistently while juggling family, work, and other responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Catherine
What concerns does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship and family struggles, parenting challenges, addictions, trauma, eating and sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem, mood disorders, and career issues.
What is her therapy style like?
The style is practical and skills-focused, using clear steps to change thoughts and behaviors and reduce conflict and distress.
What experience does she bring?
She has 30 years of experience in community mental health, special education, and the United States Army, plus work training school and community teams.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds KS LSCSW and MO LCSW credentials and practices from Kansas.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.