Lorraine Stamp, LCSW-R

Lorraine Stamp is a licensed clinical social worker with 28 years of practice experience. She greets new clients with a straightforward, compassionate approach and begins by listening to what is happening in their lives. Lorraine helps people set clear goals and works alongside them to reach those goals.

She blends practical techniques from several therapies to match each person's needs. Sessions often include skills for managing anxiety, mood challenges, relationship stress, grief, and issues around intimacy and trust. Lorraine also addresses concerns such as addiction, parenting strain, caregiver stress, and workplace or career pressures.

Her background includes long-term work providing individual and group therapy and supervising other clinicians. Lorraine holds a Bachelor of Psychology and a Master of Social Work, earned with advanced standing, and she has spent decades in clinical practice in New York.

In sessions she uses clear, brief explanations and teaches skills people can use between meetings. Techniques commonly drawn on include cognitive behavioral strategies, mindfulness exercises, and attachment-focused ways of understanding close relationships. The goal is practical change that fits everyday life.

Lorraine values cultural awareness and offers an affirming approach for people across diverse backgrounds, including LGBT clients. She encourages prospective clients to describe their current struggles so they can decide together whether to begin work and what steps would help most.

How Lorraine’s approaches can work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on values and practical action. It helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to steps that move them toward a meaningful life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can reduce anxiety, depression, and mood swings. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how close relationships shape feelings and reactions, and it helps people develop healthier ways of relating and communicating.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Lorraine will listen to your concerns and preferences, explain different methods, and work with you to try what seems most useful. The plan can change as needs shift, and choices about which techniques to use are made together.

Confirm the current session options before booking, since formats are not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, skip travel time, and maintain continuity during life changes. Some formats also allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight or phone-based work when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Discuss practical scheduling needs when arranging the first meeting so sessions fit everyday life.