About Lorraine
Lorraine Helferich offers calm, practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship strain, and life changes. She meets clients where they are and focuses on clear next steps that feel doable. Lorraine holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - LCPC in Maryland.
Lorraine uses straightforward conversation to help people make sense of hard moments. She listens for patterns in relationships and behavior, then works with clients to try different ways of responding.
How Lorraine works
Sessions are collaborative and goal-focused, with room to process painful experiences when needed. Her background includes six years since earning licensure, and more than a decade working in mental health settings before that. Lorraine has supported people dealing with mood struggles, bipolar concerns, grief, addiction, and trauma and abuse.
She also addresses issues such as attachment, codependency, caregiver stress, and challenges tied to aging. Therapy sessions blend approaches to fit each person. Lorraine draws on attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns.
She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to test thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness and dialectical skills help with emotional regulation and staying present. People who prefer clear structure, practical coping tools, and respectful conversation may find her approach helpful.
Lorraine aims to create a collaborative plan that matches each person's needs and goals. She encourages steady progress and practical ways to cope between sessions.
Lorraine lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape reactions today. Online sessions can help people notice patterns in how they connect and try new ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and working at the client’s pace; it helps people feel heard and supported while they set their own goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, examines specific thoughts and behaviors and tests small experiments to change them; it is useful for anxiety, mood concerns, and managing stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lorraine will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals and preferences. She adjusts methods over time if something isn’t working, so therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use visual cues and longer conversation. Phone sessions can be a better fit when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers no video. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when someone needs flexible ways to stay connected between calls. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on progress and usable skills.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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