Maria Lorenzo

I work with women who are often highly capable, thoughtful, and self-aware, yet find themselves feeling disconnected from who they are or repeating patterns they already understand. Many of my clients are navigating midlife transitions, relationship changes, empty nesting, menopause, health changes, grief, or a chapter that looks finished on the outside but still feels active underneath. My work is grounded in the belief that many of the ways we think, react, and relate began as ways of coping or protecting ourselves. Therapy is not about judging those patterns; it is about understanding what they were trying to do for you and deciding whether they still belong in the life you are building now.

My approach is active, collaborative, trauma-informed, and focused on helping you move beyond insight into meaningful change. Together, we pay attention to the patterns in your thoughts, relationships, emotional responses, internal dialogue, and body—not simply the story of what happened. You do not have to retell every painful detail for therapy to be effective. Instead, we can work with what still becomes activated in the present and begin changing the responses that keep old experiences influential in your current life.

Your first session is a chance for us to understand what brought you here and what you would like to be different. We will look at what is happening now, the transitions or experiences that may be influencing it, and any patterns that seem to keep repeating despite your efforts to change them. You will not be expected to tell me everything at once or disclose details you are not ready to discuss. My goal is for you to leave with a clearer sense of what may be happening underneath the problem and an initial direction for the work ahead.