Catherine Lorino, LSCSW, LCSW

Catherine Lorino is a seasoned, clinically licensed social work practitioner with 30 years of experience helping individuals, couples, and families navigate difficult circumstances and everyday stressors. She has worked in community mental health, special education, and the United States Army, bringing a broad clinical background to assessments and treatment planning for diverse populations. Her practice includes extensive experience with psychosocial assessments, special needs and challenging behaviors, depression, anxiety, parenting and family crisis, post-traumatic stress, and severe and persistent mental illness.

Catherine emphasizes collaborative, goal-oriented care that helps clients put their thoughts and feelings into words without fear of criticism or judgment. She guides people toward clearer understanding and alternative perspectives on their life circumstances, focusing on practical strategies for managing relationships, work stress, sleep and eating concerns, addictive behaviors, mood disorders, and self-esteem. Her clinical approaches include acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, attachment-based work, mindfulness, the Gottman Method for couples, motivational interviewing, narrative therapy, and solution-focused techniques.

In addition to direct clinical work, Catherine has demonstrated expertise in training and supporting school- and building-based teams to develop individualized, data-driven programs for students with disabilities and behavioral health needs. She has served as a university guest speaker, a presenter for community trainings and school district professional learning communities, and a trainer with the Crisis Prevention Institute as well as a Youth Mental Health First Aid Trainer. She holds LSCSW and LCSW clinical social work licenses.

Outside of her professional roles, Catherine is passionate about family, travel, and veterans causes. She is an engaged mother to four children and draws on personal experience with family milestones and parenting challenges when supporting clients through life transitions.