Lorraine Kenowski, LPC

Lorraine Kenowski is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Connecticut with 32 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and struggles with motivation and self-esteem. Lorraine emphasizes a respectful, strengths-based approach and supports people as they take steps toward change.

She sees each person as the expert on their life and leans on that expertise during sessions. Lorraine helps clients identify practical steps and build skills they can use between appointments. Conversations are straightforward and aimed at solving current problems while building long-term coping strategies.

Her work covers relationship concerns, communication problems, intimacy-related issues, and parenting challenges. She also supports people facing grief, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include career issues, bipolar mood concerns, seasonal affective disorder, women’s issues, young adult concerns, and aging and geriatric issues.

Therapy draws on several approaches to match what each person needs. Lorraine uses client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, mindfulness practices, solution-focused ideas, and motivational interviewing. Sessions emphasize clear goals and small, manageable changes.

People who prefer practical steps and a collaborative tone often find her style helpful. She encourages honest conversation, gentle accountability, and steady progress. To begin, clients complete a brief questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's own goals. In this approach the therapist follows the client's lead, reflects concerns, and helps people clarify what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior. It uses hands-on exercises and action steps to reduce anxiety or depression and to build new habits. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships through practical tools like distress tolerance and emotion regulation.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Lorraine will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then recommend methods that fit. Decisions about techniques and pacing are collaborative and may change as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also make skills practice and homework easier to integrate into daily life. Confirm the exact session formats available when you sign up, and Lorraine or the matching process will help align those options with your needs.