Lorraine Helferich, MD, LCPC
Practical support for parenting stress and life change
Book with Lorraine- Years in practice
- 6
- Credentials
- MD, LCPC
- Licensed in
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Lorraine
Lorraine Helferich is a Maryland-based clinician who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting challenges, and major life changes. She holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, and brings six years of licensed experience to her work. Her style is warm and engaged and aimed at helping people find practical ways to cope and move forward.
Clients can expect calm listening and a collaborative tone. Lorraine aims to learn what matters to each person and to build a plan that fits their situation.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small, doable steps rather than big, rapid changes. Her approach blends attachment-based thinking with client-centered methods and cognitive-behavioral tools. That mix guides conversations about relationships, parenting stress, grief, addiction, and mood concerns.
Lorraine also uses dialectical behavior ideas and mindfulness practices to help people manage strong emotions and improve daily functioning. She has worked in mental health settings supporting people through crisis, adjustment, and ongoing struggles. Her background includes experience with trauma and abuse, bipolar concerns, compassion fatigue, and communication or commitment issues.
That range informs a flexible, practical way of working with each person's unique history. Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Therapy uses a subscription format that can be canceled at any time, and scheduling follows the platform's matching and booking process.
What Lorraine works with
Everything Lorraine lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Lorraine helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- 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
Approaches Lorraine lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current bonds and reactions. Online sessions use conversations to notice patterns in relationships and to practice different ways of connecting or responding. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaches concrete skills to change them. In remote sessions clients learn to spot thinking traps, try small behavior changes, and track the effects between meetings.Finding the right approach is a joint process. Lorraine will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together the therapist and client adapt methods over time so the work fits the person's needs and daily life.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let the therapist and client use face-to-face discussion and visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can support quick problem-solving, mood check-ins, and reminders between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep progressing even when in-person meetings aren’t possible.
Questions people ask about Lorraine
What concerns does Lorraine commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting challenges, grief, addictions, mood concerns, and related relationship or communication issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is compassionate and engaging, focusing on listening, collaboration, and practical steps to manage problems.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has six years of licensed experience and a longer history in mental health settings supporting people through crisis and life transitions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Maryland.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled for therapy?
Cost varies by location and the therapist arrangement; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in getting started?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to the therapist's availability.
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