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You inherited the story. Now you get to rewrite it.

Therapy rooted in ancestry, shaped by lived experience, and designed to help you exhale in Massachusetts & Maryland.

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A Space to Seen & Guided

I’m guessing you know the cycle well. You’re always showing up for work, for your family, for your friends. On the outside, you’ve always been the capable one, the high-achiever, the “strong friend.”

On the inside, you feel tired, emotionally drained, lost, and lonely. You can see the pattern because you’ve been living it for years, but no matter how self-aware you are, it feels hard to break.

I help women step out of that cycle, unlearn survival mode, and reconnect with who they are beneath the pressure.

How I Help

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    Individual Therapy

    Therapy that goes beyond the service and deep work that gets to the core.

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    Accelerated EMDR Therapy

    Extended sessions designed to accelerate trauma healing when you’re ready for deeper work.

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    EMDR Consultation for Therapists

    If you have just completed your EMDR Basic training and need to get hours for certification or just drop in for general support.

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About Lorrie Bertrand, LICSW, LCSW-C | Virtual Therapy MA & MD

Hi, I’m Lorrie Bertrand, LICSW, LCSW-C.

As an EMDR-certified therapist, I get it—because I’ve been there. I used to intellectualize and map out my anxiety on a perfect timeline, but understanding the pain logically never made it go away. True relief happens when we drop beneath the surface.

I help high-achieving women, First-Gen adults, and BIPOC professionals untangle high-functioning anxiety, chronic people-pleasing, and sticky relational patterns. Through somatic work, EMDR, and accelerated therapy intensives, we safely resolve the root stressors—including generational patterns that didn’t even start with you.

I offer virtual therapy for clients across Massachusetts (Boston, Cambridge, Quincy, and Somerville and more), as well as Maryland like (Silver Spring, Bethesda, Baltimore, Montgomery County and more)

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You can finally get unstuck

  • Explore your options:


    Take a look at the Specialties, Fees, FAQs, and Beyond Therapy pages to get a feel for what’s available and what might fit your needs.

  • Schedule a free consultation:

    Book a 15-minute call . Meet with me so we can get to know eachother and I can hear more about whats taking up space for you.

  • Build the Roadmap

    During the first few sessions, we partner together to create a treatment plan to guide our work together.

  • Get Unstuck & Start Living

    We target the root cause of your overwhelm so you can finally drop the heavy emotional weight, calm your nervous system, and move forward.

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What You Can Expect

  • Space to unlearn old patterns and move through emotional blocks

  • A nonjudgmental space where you’re invited to soften, be seen, and heal at your own pace

  • A healing relationship that centers your truth, not just your symptoms

  • A person-centered approach where all your guarded, tender, and even your humorous parts are welcome (because healing can be serious work without being heavy all the time).

If you’re willing to put in the work, therapy can help you get there!


Schedule your free consultation to see if it’s the right fit for you.

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