LORENA RIPOLL, LCSW-C
Lorena Ripoll is the executive director and founder of Life Change Therapy Now, LLC. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Social Work, where she earned a masters in clinical social work. Lorena earned her bachelors in social work from Syracuse University.
Lorena has worked with countless individuals and couples to help them overcome defeating systemic behavioral patterns that have kept them stuck and unhappy. Restoring relationships and helping individuals achieve their goals is Lorena's passion. Lorena became fascinated with neuroscience and therapeutic approaches that could help individuals retrain their brain to respond differently to triggers, stressors, and negative self-talk.
Lorena has received advanced training and certifications in treatment modalities that have equipped her to help clients make difficult life changes and transformations. She is a certificated Sex Recovery Therapist through the American Association for Sex Addiction Therapy. Additionally, she is a Certified Practitioner of Hypnotherapy through the American Hypnosis Training Academy, and a Licensed Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
Specialties & Issues:
Sexual Addiction
Coping Skills
Intimacy Anorexia
Betrayal Trauma/Infidelity
Anxiety
Depression
Trauma
Relationship Crisis
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Low Self-Esteem
LGBTQ Issues
Family Conflict
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Treatment Approaches:
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Mindfulness-based
Hypnotherapy
Gestalt
Cognitive Therapy
Group Therapy
Couples Therapy
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Solution-Focused Therapy
Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Spoken Languages:
English
Spanish
Licenses and Certifications:
Sex Recovery Therapist (SRT)
American Association for Sex Addiction Therapy
Certified Practitioner of Hypnotherapy
American Hypnosis Training Academy
Licensed Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming
The Society of Neuro-Linguistic Programming