

Doctor of Social Work
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
LICSW 120470
Loryn is a psychotherapist with 20 years of experience supporting children, adolescents, adults, and families through emotional, behavioral, and life-transition challenges.
Loryn earned her Doctor of Social Work from Simmons University School of Social Work, where her research examined the relationship between physical activity and mental health. Her doctoral capstone, Lift My Mood, focused on developing a technology-supported intervention designed to improve depression and anxiety through accessible behavior-change strategies. She received her Master of Social Work from Boston College
Graduate School of Social Work with a concentration in Children, Youth, and Families, and her Bachelor of Arts from Colby College.
Her clinical background includes emergency psychiatric services, public school settings, Department of Youth Services residential care, medical social work in renal care, and private practice psychotherapy. This breadth of experience enables her to meet clients at various developmental stages and levels of need with the goal of helping to identify strengths, build insight, strengthen relationships, and navigate complex life situations.
Loryn is an ADHD-certified provider with extensive experience supporting individuals with attention differences, executive functioning challenges, and learning disabilities across childhood through adulthood. She works collaboratively with families, schools, and workplaces to advocate for appropriate supports and accommodations, helping clients build practical systems that improve functioning, confidence, and independence.
She practices from a collaborative, strengths-based perspective and integrates evidence-based approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and systems theory, while also incorporating somatic and mind-body interventions. A core element of her work is the use of movement and exercise as therapeutic tools — helping clients understand the connection between the nervous system, emotional regulation, and physical experience. She supports clients in developing practical strategies that improve mood, resilience, and self-efficacy, whether through structured skills, behavioral change, or body-based coping.
Loryn also brings authenticity and lived experience into her clinical perspective. She has a lifelong involvement in athletics, including past competitive snowboard racing, continued recreational riding with her family, a black belt in karate focused on self-defense and empowerment, participation in American Ninja Warrior competitions, and ongoing CrossFit training. These experiences inform her understanding of confidence, perseverance, body awareness, and the psychological impact of challenge and mastery.
Outside of her professional role, Loryn is married and a mother of three active boys. Her household also includes two rescue dogs and a cat. She values transparency and believes that therapy works best within a genuine human relationship — one where clients feel understood, respected, and capable of growth.




