Maria "Patti" Lorenzo, LCPC
Illinois · 12 years in practice
Maria "Patti" Lorenzo is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois with 12 years of experience.
License and registration
- LCPC, Illinois
- 180013018 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1336670843 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Maria
Maria "Patti" Lorenzo is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois with 12 years of experience. She focuses on helping people change harsh self-talk and build a kinder relationship with themselves. Her work is warm and practical, aimed at steady changes that matter in daily life.
Many people who come to her feel stuck by anxiety, overthinking, self-criticism, or emotional exhaustion. Others are dealing with burnout, relationship stress, or life transitions such as career shifts and identity changes.
Background and approach
Patti often helps those facing menopause-related emotional shifts and the pressure to hold everything together for others. Her process is collaborative. She helps clients notice recurring patterns, name what gets in the way, and practice new ways of thinking and responding.
Sessions blend reflection with concrete skills so people can try different approaches between meetings. Patti uses a range of therapies to match each person’s needs, including acceptance and commitment approaches, attachment-focused work, cognitive behavioral tools, and skills-based strategies like dialectical behavior therapy. She also brings client-centered values that prioritize the person's pace and perspective.
People describe the room as honest and compassionate, with clear guidance and gentle accountability. The goal is to help someone feel heard, understand themselves better, and make choices that support lasting emotional growth.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Maria lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Maria names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting pushed around by them. It emphasizes values-driven action, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce distress. It is often used for anxiety, mood concerns, and stress management. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationship experiences shape current patterns and helps people build more supported ways of relating when addressing intimacy issues and attachment concerns.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they try methods and adjust the plan as needed so the work fits real life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls let people see each other for in-depth conversation, while phone sessions can work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for shorter check-ins, practicing skills between sessions, or fitting support into a busy day. These options help people keep continuity of care while balancing work, caregiving, or travel.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Patti works with trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, grief, stress, self-esteem issues, ADHD, and related challenges such as compassion fatigue and intimacy-related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is supportive and practical. She combines reflective conversation with skill practice and gentle accountability to help clients change patterns that cause distress.
How much experience does she have?
She has 12 years of clinical experience working with adults on a wide range of emotional and life concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is an Illinois licensed clinical professional counselor, listed as LCPC, and practices from Illinois.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English for people in the U.S. and internationally.
What session formats are available?
She meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and payment arranged?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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