Catherine Lorino, LSCSW, LCSW

Catherine Lorino is a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker (KS LSCSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (MO LCSW) with 30 years of experience. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, addictions, trauma and other mood-related issues. Her practice also addresses sleep and eating struggles, anger, self-esteem, career concerns, and serious mood disorders such as bipolar disorder and depression.

She draws on many years in community mental health, special education, and service in the United States Army. That background shaped how she conducts psychosocial assessments and supports people facing complex or long-term mental health problems. She is familiar with needs around parenting, family crisis, post-traumatic stress, and challenging behaviors.

In sessions she focuses on helping people put thoughts and feelings into words and then make practical changes. She uses evidence-based methods to teach skills for managing stress, relationships and mood swings. She also works with people on communication problems, codependency, commitment issues, and the fallout from infidelity or divorce.

Catherine has experience training school teams to build data-driven programs for students with disabilities and challenging behavior. She has presented at universities and led professional learning in school districts. She also serves as a Crisis Prevention Institute trainer and a Youth Mental Health First Aid trainer.

Outside of clinical work she is a parent and supports veteran causes. That personal perspective informs her focus on everyday pressures like job stress, time management and family milestones.

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