About Lorraine
Lorraine Asti is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York who draws on practical, skills-based therapies. She uses clear, down-to-earth methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, and mood concerns. Lorraine aims to make sessions feel manageable and goal-focused for people juggling busy lives.
Her approach combines techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). Lorraine often focuses on concrete tools for coping, communication, and emotion regulation.
How Lorraine works
She also uses attachment-based and client-centered ideas to build trust and tailor work to each person’s history and goals. Across eight years of practice she has helped people facing addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and challenges with intimacy and relationships. She also addresses issues such as eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting stress, career concerns, and compassion fatigue.
Lorraine pays attention to how past attachment patterns affect current behavior and choices. Sessions emphasize skills you can use between meetings. Lorraine helps people identify values, set practical goals, and create step-by-step plans to change unhelpful patterns.
She blends talk and exercises to make progress feel attainable. Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Sessions are delivered in English and follow a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
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What Lorraine works with
The areas below are the ones Lorraine selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Online therapy that combines skills and values
Lorraine uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that lead to distress. CBT is practical and problem-focused, often involving exercises and homework to build healthier habits.She also draws on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), which helps people clarify their values and take committed action despite difficult feelings. ACT supports coping with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by teaching acceptance and mindful action.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lorraine collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. She adapts tools over time so sessions remain useful and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use visual cues and work through detailed exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging allow brief, ongoing support between meetings. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into busy lives.
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