Maria "Patti" Lorenzo, LCPC
Compassionate guidance for changing your inner story
Details
| Name | Maria "Patti" Lorenzo |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LCPC |
| Based in | Illinois |
| Licensed in | Illinois |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 12 |
About Maria
Maria "Patti" Lorenzo is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) with 12 years of experience helping people change the way they talk to themselves. She focuses on gently shifting harsh self-talk, easing anxiety, and reducing emotional exhaustion so daily life feels more manageable.
Patti aims to create a calm, direct space where people can sort through what’s draining them and try new ways of coping. She often supports people who feel stuck in old patterns, struggle with overthinking, or are worn down by people-pleasing and burnout.
Background and approach
Patti uses practical steps and reflective conversation to build awareness and alter unhelpful habits. Therapy sessions are collaborative, with both therapist and client shaping goals and next steps. Patti brings a clear, honest style to sessions while keeping warmth and steady encouragement at the center.
She offers gentle accountability and helps clients notice small shifts that add up over time. The work includes identifying patterns, testing new behaviors, and tracking what helps in everyday life. Her clinical interests include trauma and abuse, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, grief, intimacy-related issues, and career stress.
Additional topics she addresses are body image, attachment issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and codependency. Patti also supports people navigating adoption and foster care concerns, aging questions, and aspects of alternative sexual cultures. Clients can expect straightforward guidance, practical coping tools, and a focus on building a kinder inner voice.
Sessions aim to increase clarity about values, improve emotional regulation, and strengthen the ability to respond differently when old patterns show up.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Trauma and abuse, Self esteem, Coping with life changes among the things Maria works with, alongside the areas below.
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Maria among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Maria among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Maria among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Maria among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Maria among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Maria among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Maria among the ways she works.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Listed by Maria among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Maria among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Maria among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Maria among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Maria among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Maria among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Maria among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Maria among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Maria among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Maria directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Maria directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and action-focused approaches work online
Maria "Patti" Lorenzo uses Narrative Therapy to help people examine the stories they tell about themselves and try new, kinder narratives. That approach helps when old labels or roles keep someone stuck and they want to rewrite how they see themselves. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small actions that align with those values, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and feeling stuck. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people notice how past bonds affect present reactions, which can help with intimacy-related stress and attachment issues.Patti treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will ask about your goals, preferences, and what tends to help you in day-to-day life, then suggest ways to combine approaches. Together you decide what to try and adjust the plan as needed based on what works for you.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video lets you use visual cues and longer session work, phone can be a lower-bandwidth choice, live chat can work for brief check-ins, and messaging is useful for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel routines while keeping the focus on practical change and steady progress.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Patti commonly address?
She works with anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, and stress-related problems. She also helps with self-esteem, ADHD, intimacy-related issues, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Patti combines a supportive, practical approach with gentle accountability. Sessions focus on increasing awareness, testing new behaviors, and building kinder self-talk.
What is her background and experience?
She has 12 years of clinical experience as a licensed clinician working with a range of emotional and life-transition concerns. Her work emphasizes collaboration and real-life changes.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She is licensed in Illinois as an LCPC, which stands for Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. Sessions are provided from Illinois.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English. She also accepts international clients for remote work.
Which session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How are costs and payment handled?
Fees vary with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
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