Lorraine "Lorrie" Urbaniak

Lorraine "Lorrie" Urbaniak is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people regain a sense of self during hard transitions. She focuses on the concerns clients bring most urgently and supports them in finding clearer direction. Lorrie speaks plainly and keeps sessions focused on practical next steps that feel doable.

She draws on 13 years of experience as an LMFT and more than three decades in the helping professions. Her background includes coaching and work with life-change issues, grief, parenting strain, stress, anxiety, and relationship difficulties. Lorrie pays attention to how daily roles and obligations can pull people away from their goals and values.

In sessions she centers the client's priorities and uses approaches that match each person's needs. She often uses mindfulness practices to help people notice patterns, and cognitive-behavioral ideas to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Emotionally-focused work and motivational interviewing techniques show up when the goal is clearer communication or renewed commitment to change.

Lorrie also has experience with adoption and foster care concerns, blended family issues, caregiver stress, body image, codependency, and midlife questions. She helps people struggling with isolation, emptiness, or purpose to map small, manageable steps forward.

Her style is conversational and collaborative. Clients can expect guidance toward finding their own answers, practical tools to try between sessions, and attention to what matters most in their life right now.

How these approaches shape online care

Mindfulness Therapy helps people notice thoughts and body sensations without judgment and can be useful for stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes. It often involves simple exercises to practice awareness between sessions.

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's priorities. The therapist offers a supportive, nonjudgmental space so people can find their own answers and build confidence in their choices.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses practical experiments to test new ways of thinking and acting. It is often chosen for anxiety, depression, and goal-focused change.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss your goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then try methods that fit your needs. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as you go.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm the current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - it may allow shorter check-ins, fewer travel interruptions, or sessions at times that match work and family schedules. Talk with the therapist about what will best fit your routine and comfort.