Lorena Borella-Clements, LMFT

Lorena Borella-Clements is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who centers therapy on the person in front of her. She invites clients to name what feels hard and brings calm, practical tools to manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and the lingering effects of trauma. Her style is warm and nonjudgmental, focused on helping people feel heard and understood.

She uses a blend of approaches that match where someone is emotionally, physically, and spiritually. That can mean skill-based work to ease anxiety, narrative techniques to reframe painful stories, or trauma-focused methods to address past wounds. Sessions include concrete coping skills and ways to change everyday patterns that cause distress.

Borella-Clements emphasizes steady support and gradual progress. She aims to create space where thoughts and feelings can be brought into view without fear of judgment. That steadiness can help people dealing with intimacy struggles, attachment wounds, feelings of emptiness, or difficulty after divorce and separation.

With 17 years of practice, she draws on experience across a range of concerns including abandonment issues, blended family stress, caregiver strain, communication struggles, and guilt or shame. She also lists work with HIV / AIDS related concerns.

She maintains clinical licensure in both California and Oregon as an LMFT. People interested in starting work with her begin by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what the person says. In practice this means the therapist reflects feelings, asks about what matters most, and helps people name their priorities. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Work involves identifying unhelpful thinking, testing new behaviors, and practicing skills between sessions. CBT is often helpful for stress, anxiety, and low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit best. That choice is based on the client's needs, goals, and preferences, and it can change over time as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the specific session options before booking since formats are not listed in the biography. Online work can make scheduling easier, help fit sessions into a busy day, and reduce travel time. It can also allow shorter check-ins or sessions without video when that suits the person's day. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches to make practical progress even when work happens remotely.