About Loretta
Dr. Loretta Markus is a Wisconsin psychologist with seven years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are stressed, anxious, dealing with relationship or family difficulties, or navigating life changes.
She works with issues like attention and memory problems, addictions, mood conditions, and concerns about intimacy and self-esteem. Her approach is practical and person-centered. She listens first and then tailors conversations and plans to each person's needs.
Sessions are collaborative and paced to what the individual can handle at the time.
How Loretta works
Dr. Markus uses several tools in her work, including cognitive behavioral techniques to help change unhelpful thinking, mindfulness methods to build awareness, and solution-focused strategies to find concrete steps forward. Motivational interviewing is part of her work when clients want to make behavior changes such as reducing substance use or improving routines.
She brings sensitivity and respect to sessions and aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space for people to talk through problems. Her background includes supporting people with parenting and family stress, bipolar and mood concerns, panic and anxiety, and identity-related issues for LGBT clients. Therapy with Dr.
Markus can address practical goals like coping skills, better communication, or managing impulsivity and financial stress. She encourages small, manageable steps and checks progress so plans can be adjusted. To start, a brief questionnaire helps match needs and set up scheduling.
Loretta lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Loretta works with
The areas below are the ones Loretta selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | WI Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Wisconsin |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How these approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what is said, and helps people find their own answers to relationship, parenting, or identity concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It breaks big problems into small steps and teaches practical skills for anxiety, panic, mood issues, and unhelpful behavior patterns.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches attention skills that reduce reactivity and improve focus. It can help with stress, impulsivity, attention challenges, and emotional ups and downs.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. That process is collaborative and paced to the person’s needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for longer conversations and skill practice, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text can be a quick check-in or a way to fit a session into a short break. These options let people continue care from different locations and schedules while working with a licensed professional.
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