Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
Seasoned and clinically licensed social work practitioner with demonstrated track record of successfully working with diverse client populations including families, individuals, and couples who are facing challenging situations. With nearly twenty years of experience as a social worker in a variety of clinical settings including community mental health, special education, and the United States Army. Extensive experience with completing comprehensive psychosocial assessments, special needs populations, challenging behaviors, depression, anxiety, parenting and family crisis, post traumatic stress disorder, and severe and persistent mental illness.
Expertise in collaboratively supporting clients toward goal oriented treatment outcomes; helping clients put their thoughts and feelings into words, without the fear of criticism or judgement. Guiding clients to a better understanding and possibly a different perspective of their life circumstances. Life can be challenging, everyday stress such as relationship issues, job stress, and time management conflicts can become overwhelming and impact living a fulfilled life. Consistent counseling, healthy relationships, stress management, avoiding toxic relationships, and compassion are integral in developing different patterns of behavior and belief structures that impact skills needed to change current experiences of depression, anxiety, and conflict.
Demonstrated expertise in collaboratively supporting and training building-based teams to develop and implement individualized data based programs for students with disabilities including challenging behaviors and mental health concerns. A university based guest speaker and presenter for ongoing community training and school district professional learning communities, Crisis Prevention Institute trainer, and Youth Mental Health First Aid Trainer.
Cathy’s passions include her family, travel, and veteran’s causes. She is an active mother to four very active children ranging from 11 to 18; she is personally familiar with life’s challenges through milestones that impact families, parents, and children.
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Catherine Lorino is a seasoned, clinically licensed social work practitioner based in Kansas with 30 years of professional experience. She has worked with a wide range of clients including families, individuals, and couples who are navigating difficult life circumstances.
Her career includes extensive time in community mental health, special education, and service with the United States Army. Over the years she has completed comprehensive psychosocial assessments and worked with special needs populations, challenging behaviors, depression, anxiety, parenting and family crises, post traumatic stress disorder, and severe and persistent mental illness.
She takes a collaborative, goal-oriented approach that helps people put thoughts and feelings into words without fear of criticism or judgment. Catherine guides clients toward clearer understanding and, when appropriate, different perspectives on their life circumstances. She emphasizes consistent counseling, healthier relationships, stress management, and compassionate support as ways to develop new patterns of behavior and beliefs that can improve experiences with depression, anxiety, and interpersonal conflict.
Catherine also has demonstrated skill in training and supporting building-based teams to design and implement individualized, data-based programs for students with disabilities, including those with challenging behaviors and mental health needs. She serves as a university guest speaker and presenter for community training and school district professional learning communities, and she is a Crisis Prevention Institute trainer as well as a Youth Mental Health First Aid Trainer.
She is licensed to practice clinical social work in both Missouri and Kansas, and she brings clinical training and years of practical experience to her therapeutic work.
Outside of her professional life, Catherine’s passions include her family, travel, and veterans’ causes. She is an active mother of four children, ages 11 to 18, and draws on her personal experience with family milestones and parenting challenges in her work with clients.
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