- CBT techniques
- DBT skills
- Mindfulness practices
About Loretta
Loretta Samenga is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New York with six years of experience. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, low self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and depression. Loretta also lists additional focus areas such as attachment concerns, caregiving strain, body image, codependency, substance issues, and the effects of adoption or abandonment.
She uses clear, practical methods in sessions. Conversations center on what is happening now and what the client wants to change. Loretta draws on client-centered work to follow the person's priorities, and uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to teach skills for managing difficult feelings.
Sessions include attention to patterns from past relationships and family of origin when those patterns affect current life. She also integrates emotionally focused ideas to help people understand how emotions shape choices and connections. Mindfulness techniques are offered to increase awareness and reduce reactivity in stressful moments.
Clients can expect short-term tools and longer-term skills depending on goals. She helps people identify concrete steps they can try between sessions and reviews what works. The tone is straightforward and practical, focused on reducing the daily burden of guilt, shame, or heavy self-criticism.
Loretta emphasizes working together to set clear goals and track progress over time. If you carry guilt or shame from relationships, faith questions, or past decisions, she can help you talk through how those feelings show up now and what might change next.
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on following the person's priorities and listening carefully to what matters most. Online sessions can use that same stance to let clients set the agenda and decide which problems to address first.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical steps to change thoughts and behaviors that keep people stuck. In remote sessions CBT can include reviewing homework, practicing skills in the moment, and tracking patterns between appointments. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers clear emotion-regulation and distress-tolerance skills useful for intense guilt or shame; these skills can be taught and rehearsed during online meetings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with the client to pick methods that fit the person's goals, preferences, and what feels workable in day-to-day life. That choice can be adjusted as progress is reviewed.
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. They also let clients try skill practice in the environment where difficulties often happen, which can help make changes feel more practical.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with most often?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, self-esteem issues, bipolar disorder, and depression, plus related areas such as abandonment, attachment issues, and caregiver stress.
How would she approach guilt or shame in sessions?
She combines client-centered conversation with practical skill-building from CBT and DBT to identify unhelpful patterns and teach ways to respond differently to painful feelings.
How many years of clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of experience working as a clinician with adults on mood, behavior, and relationship concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in New York and practices there.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does billing or cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.