Lorraine Asti, LCSW
Licensed in New York · 8 years in practice
Lorraine Asti is a licensed clinical social worker in New York.
License and registration
- LCSW, New York
- 088850 · expires March 2028
- NPI
- 1013448133 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
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About Lorraine
Lorraine Asti is a licensed clinical social worker in New York. She brings eight years of direct practice helping people cope with anxiety, depression, and major life stress. Lorraine focuses on clear, practical steps that people can use between sessions.
She offers straightforward tools for managing panic, worry, and low mood. Lorraine also supports people facing addiction, trauma, grief, and relationship or intimacy challenges. She helps with sleep and eating concerns, problems with self-esteem, and career-related stress.
Background and approach
Her approach blends techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy. Lorraine uses these methods to teach coping skills, reduce unhelpful thinking, and build mindful awareness. She adapts what she uses to match each person’s needs and goals.
Lorraine has experience addressing attachment issues, codependency, and problems tied to caregiving or chronic illness. She also works with people navigating ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and identity questions within the LGBT community. Practical homework and clear goal-setting are part of her work.
Sessions are offered in English and conducted remotely through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Lorraine practices in New York as an LCSW and aims to make therapy manageable for busy lives. If someone prefers a collaborative therapist who gives concrete strategies, she may be a good fit.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Lorraine lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lorraine names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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 for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without being driven by them. It uses values-based goals and small actions to create a more meaningful life, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It includes practical exercises and homework to reduce symptoms of anxiety, insomnia, and mood problems.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication. These skills are useful for intense mood swings, impulsive behavior, and relationship strains.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Treatment plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is low, live chat is good for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to use the format that feels most comfortable.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Lorraine help with?
She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, and parenting challenges.
What is Lorraine's therapeutic style?
Her work mixes cognitive behavioral strategies, acceptance and commitment techniques, and dialectical behavior ideas to teach skills and change unhelpful patterns.
What background does she bring to sessions?
She has eight years of clinical experience using practical coping tools and tailored care to address mood, behavior, and relationship concerns.
Where is Lorraine licensed and practicing?
She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in New York and conducts sessions with clients from that practice location.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How are costs handled for therapy?
Fees vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone begin working with Lorraine?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to therapist availability.
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