Lorraine Kenowski, LPC - Therapist in Connecticut

About Lorraine

Lorraine Kenowski is a licensed professional counselor with three decades of practice in Connecticut. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Lorraine emphasizes practical support and respects each person as the expert on their own life.

She aims to offer steady, clear guidance for someone taking the first steps toward change. Her approach centers on listening and collaborating. Lorraine uses client-centered methods to build trust and understand what matters most to each person.

Background and approach

She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and develop concrete coping strategies. Mindfulness and dialectical behavior therapy skills are part of her toolbox for managing overwhelming emotions and building more stable routines. Motivational interviewing techniques help when someone feels stuck or unsure about next steps.

These methods are explained simply and applied to immediate concerns like work stress, confidence, or parenting challenges. Clients can expect calm, straightforward conversations that focus on small, achievable changes. Lorraine helps people notice patterns, try new responses, and measure progress without pressure.

She aims to empower clients to make decisions that fit their life and values. With experience across a wide range of concerns, she supports people dealing with grief, trauma, relationship strain, and career transitions. Lorraine also works with issues tied to aging, caregiver stress, veterans matters, seasonal mood shifts, and women’s and young adult issues.

Her practice emphasizes steady support and practical steps toward improvement.

Approaches for online support and practical skills

Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person’s priorities and building a trusting working relationship. It involves open listening, reflection, and collaboration to help clients clarify goals and feel heard.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and practice practical strategies to reduce anxiety, depression, and work or parenting stress.

Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, brings concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships. It teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and communication techniques that can be used in daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lorraine will help clients decide which methods fit their needs and goals, and she adapts tools based on how someone responds. That collaborative process makes therapy more useful and relevant to each person’s situation.

Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats let clients connect from home or while balancing work and caregiving, and they make it easier to practice skills between sessions. Licensed professionals can guide clients step by step using these options to support progress and make therapy manageable within a busy life.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does Lorraine address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship issues, intimacy concerns, parenting, career challenges, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and related areas.

What is her therapy style like?

Sessions are collaborative and down-to-earth, focusing on listening, practical skills, and small steps clients can try between sessions.

How much clinical experience does Lorraine have?

She has 32 years of professional experience as a counselor working with a broad range of concerns.

What are her professional credentials and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, CT LPC 04321, practicing in Connecticut.

Which languages are offered for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How are fees handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with Lorraine?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Self esteem

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 32 years
Licensed: Connecticut
Languages: English

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