Maria "Patti" Lorenzo, LCPC
Illinois · 12 years in practice
Maria "Patti" Lorenzo is a licensed clinical professional counselor 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 with 12 years of experience. She focuses on helping people develop a kinder inner voice and healthier ways of relating to themselves. Patti speaks plainly and offers practical steps people can use between sessions.
Many clients reach out for help with anxiety, depression, grief, stress, or feeling stuck in repeating patterns. She often supports those coping with life changes, caregiver strain, workplace stress, or the emotional fallout of past trauma and abuse.
Background and approach
Patti also addresses concerns like ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, intimacy-related issues, and low self-esteem. Patti blends Jungian ideas with clear, goal-focused tools. She uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful habits and try new responses.
Attachment-based and client-centered methods inform how she builds trust and explores relationships. Sessions emphasize awareness, practical skills, and steady progress. Clients can expect warmth, straightforward feedback, and gentle accountability.
Patti aims to help people make changes that show up in daily life, not just in the therapy room. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs. Sessions are available in English and she accepts international clients.
Costs vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
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
- Jungian Therapy
- 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
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- 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
Jungian therapy looks at stories, symbols, and patterns that shape how someone understands themselves. It can help people reconnect with deeper parts of themselves and make sense of recurring life themes. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and emotions without getting stuck in them and taking actions that match personal values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and getting unstuck from old habits. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people build more supported ways of relating.Choosing the right approach is part of the work and happens together. The therapist will listen to your goals and struggles, then suggest steps and methods to try. This collaborative process makes it easier to adjust the focus as needs change over time.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let you have longer conversations and see facial cues. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or help when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, jotting down thoughts, or getting paced support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to schedule care around work, family, or travel while staying connected with a licensed professional.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Patti commonly help with?
Patti works with people facing anxiety, depression, grief, stress, trauma and abuse, and low self-esteem. She also addresses coaching needs, career strain, compassion fatigue, ADHD, bipolar mood issues, and intimacy-related concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is supportive and practical with a collaborative tone. Sessions combine reflection, skill building, and gentle accountability to encourage change in daily life.
What background and experience does she bring?
Patti has 12 years of clinical experience working with a range of mood, trauma, and life-transition issues. She emphasizes creating a kinder inner dialogue and sustainable coping strategies.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds an IL LCPC, which stands for Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois. Her practice is based in Illinois.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Therapy can be done via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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