Catherine Lorino, LCSW, LSCSW

Cathy seems to really understand what I am going through and is supportive of how I want to handle things. She is patient in regard to my time management struggles with homework and she has helped me explore multiple views on difficult topics like the ending of a long term relationship and the initial struggle to keep that relationship intact. Cathy is a great listener and offers insightful feedback.

Written on Aug 19, 2020 after therapy with Catherine for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, anger management, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd

Catherine is very smart and nice specialist. I enjoy the practice with her and can see the results!

Written on Jun 28, 2020 after therapy with Catherine for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, and career difficulties

Cathy is great with navigating relationships. She has helped me a lot in the past few months.

Written on Jun 18, 2020 after therapy with Catherine for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, eating disorders, self esteem, and adhd

I had never seen a counselor until I got on Better help and was paired with Catherine. I let her know that I was new at this and wasn't sure how to begin or to open up. She made me feel very comfortable and she has been very easy to talk to. I look forward to continuing my counseling with her.

Written on Jun 08, 2020 after therapy with Catherine for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, and self esteem

Catherine is very understanding in flexible. I had missed our first meeting, but she promptly scheduled an earlier date that was available to make sure I was okay and we had our first face to face to better get to know each other. She's been working with me with a combination of work sheets, messages, and calls to create a plan for steps forward.

Written on May 28, 2020 after therapy with Catherine for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, trauma and abuse, sleeping disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, and compassion fatigue

My purpose for finding an counselor has come from finding someone with expertise in my medical condition and it’s affect on my life/marriage/career. Catherine has been on point so far about how what I experienced physically plays into what I go through mentally/relationally. I’d like this review to have come later than now so I have more to say, to this point she has been exactly what I had hoped to find.

Written on May 26, 2020 after therapy with Catherine for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, and adhd

Cathy is knowledgeable and resourceful. She has helped me learn various DBT and CBT techniques. She is an empathy listener. She challenges me to think through my feelings and situations. She gives me insight and different perspectives to challenge my thoughts. She encourages me to speak up for myself. She has help me eek additional help and services when needed. She is trustworthy. She is consistent.

Written on May 20, 2020 after therapy with Catherine for 2 years and 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, self esteem, and anger management

I have never had an experience of therapy sessions in my life and this was the first, and I can say that all the fear I had before are gone in the first session we had, Cathy is very kind and respectful person, she always knows the right words to say and knows how to make me feel more aware of myself, I have been taught a lot of important concepts about myself during the sessions. I’m so happy to go through this experience and I’ll never regret it.

Thanks Cathy for the support and everything.

Written on May 07, 2020 after therapy with Catherine for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, and adhd

Cathy is very understanding and easy to connect to. She has been very helpful to me.

Written on Apr 05, 2020 after therapy with Catherine for 3 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, anger management, and bipolar disorder

Cathy is wonderful! She listens to my concerns and offers great feedback. During our sessions she always checks in if I have any other concerns besides what we’ve talked about. I always come out of a session feeling heard, and that’s really important.

Written on Apr 05, 2020 after therapy with Catherine for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, eating disorders, and self esteem

Catherine is insightful and helpful. She responds to messages timely and offers practical advice that works!

Written on Feb 14, 2020 after therapy with Catherine for 2 years and 4 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, parenting issues, and anger management

She's very kind and welcoming. Good counselor for grief.

Written on Feb 03, 2020 after therapy with Catherine for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and family conflicts

Cathy has been wonderful for me and my husband. We were in a bad place and she saved our marriage. Luckily, my husband connected with her and was able to take her advice. She also was a huge support for me, not sure how I could have gotten through those rough times without her.

Written on Oct 10, 2019 after therapy with Catherine for 1 year and 7 months on issues concerning relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, and anger management

I love Catherine. She is always willing to listen and understand as well as challenge me to see other points of view. I enjoy having her beside me on life’s journey to bounce ideas off of, to challenge my limits, and to make me communicate in a way that’s hard for me. She’s the best.

Written on Sep 07, 2019 after therapy with Catherine for 1 year and 11 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and self esteem

Very understanding and compassionate.

Written on Jul 30, 2019 after therapy with Catherine for 3 weeks on issues concerning eating disorders

She is caring and very helpful.

Written on Jun 20, 2019 after therapy with Catherine for 1 year and 6 months on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, and grief

Ms. Cathy was a great counselor. She goes in depth about how to fix situations you have trouble with.
She is very friendly and is very good at replying. She made me feel comfortable sharing. 11/10 would recommend.

Written on Jun 01, 2019 after therapy with Catherine for 5 days on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, and coping with life changes

She is penomenal and sticks by my sides and gives me the hard truth and helps me fight through.

Written on Sep 17, 2018 after therapy with Catherine for 8 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship, self esteem, anger, and bipolar

Catherine is a very insightful therapist who takes time to truly dissect your issues and provide thoughtful advice that is easy to understand. I always feel validated, and she really has a way of opening my eyes to the things that are keeping me from being my best self. She has navigated me through very difficult, complex issues in my life and I am grateful for her sound advice and compassionate spirit.

Written on Jun 15, 2018 after therapy with Catherine for 1 year on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship, and self esteem

Catherine Lorino puts my mind at ease. Because, it was clear she is very competent & experienced. She is a great help, very considerate and listens to my concerns and addresses them. I feel safe and confident in her care. She is professional and thorough, I feel she understands my problems.

Written on May 23, 2018 after therapy with Catherine for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship, family, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and career

Catherine has been wonderful to work with! She helped me cope with a recent relationship crisis by encouraging me and helping me to gain perspective. She is a great listener and I especially liked her summaries at the end of each session with ideas of what to work on that week. I learned a lot from her and I am so grateful for this online resource.

Written on May 11, 2018 after therapy with Catherine for 3 months on issues concerning relationship, and family

Catherine is an extremely skilled counselor. She has given me the tools and support I needed in order to significantly decrease my anxiety. I love talking to her every week. It helps me put words on events I live in my day-to-day life.

Written on Mar 05, 2018 after therapy with Catherine for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, self esteem, anger, and career

Counseling is new to me. Working with Catherine Lorino has been a wonderful first experience so far. Sometimes I am slow to write back. She always sends supportive communication in the mean time. I appreciate how professional she is as well.

Written on Dec 03, 2017 after therapy with Catherine for 3 weeks on issues concerning family, parenting, and self esteem

Up to here she has been excellent and has helped me and supported me a lot.

Written on Nov 08, 2017 after therapy with Catherine for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship, family, eating, sleeping, self esteem, and anger

Catherine Lorino is certainly very understanding and a nice person as well as being a professional that helps you in many ways as much as she can. She certainly made a difference with me. Thank you.

Written on Sep 22, 2017 after therapy with Catherine for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, eating, and self esteem

Catherine has been helpful, sensitive and extremely accurate in assessing my concerns and worries. I would highly recommend her if you need help.

Written on Jul 25, 2017 after therapy with Catherine for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and parenting

Catherine has asked many good questions to get to know me and my situation. She listens and offers supportive responses and suggestions on how to approach things. She is very comforting to talk to. I am happy working with Catherine and I feel working with her will get me over this road block I have in my life.

Written on Jul 15, 2017 after therapy with Catherine for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship, intimacy-related, sleeping, self esteem, and career

Catherine has been wonderful and attentive. I appreciate the quick responses and I really feel like she cares. I was pretty apprehensive of the online counseling thing, but it has been one of the best decisions I have ever made. I would recommend Catherine and BetterHelp to anyone and in fact I have already mentioned it to several friends.

Written on Jun 29, 2017 after therapy with Catherine for 2 weeks

I have been very blessed with the help I've received from Catherine so far! She has already given me new hope...even though my life is still very complicated and depressing at times.

Written on Jun 28, 2017 after therapy with Catherine for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship, family, trauma and abuse, eating, sleeping, and self esteem

BetterHelp and Catherine have been a good option for mental health help.

Written on May 29, 2017 after therapy with Catherine for 2 days on issues concerning depression, and stress, anxiety

So far, she has been very helpful. She is easy to understand and her tips have been easy to do and follow. I am already seeing a change within me. She has help me a lot to understand and feel my emotions where I use to stuff them. I would recommend her.

Written on Oct 06, 2015 after therapy with Catherine for 3 weeks on issues concerning addictions, and eating

I came to BetterHelp because I was in very low point and severely depressed and angry. I was matched up with Catherine, and we began to communicate and right away she started giving me tools to identify my issues, and how to deal with them in a constructive and nondestructive way. I thank God for her help, and would truly recommend her to to anyone needing help dealing with life's problems!!

Written on Oct 03, 2015 after therapy with Catherine for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, grief, anger, career, and depression

Catherine's responses are always intentional and focus on the goals that we have created for our sessions! She is extremely thoughtful and I'm amazed by how much she can pull from our brief interactions. I've learned practical and enjoyable coping techniques to last a lifetime.

Written on Sep 20, 2015 after therapy with Catherine for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship, and depression