Lena Storino, LCSW (she/her/hers)

Lena is a clinical social worker whose therapeutic approach is relational and grounded in trust, empathy, and collaboration. She creates a warm, supportive environment where clients feel understood and supported.

Lena provides individual therapy to children, adolescents, parents, and adults. Her clinical interests include anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief and loss, and trauma. Lena has experience working across diverse settings and backgrounds, and includes supporting children on the autism spectrum. In previous settings she provided both in-home and clinic-based services and worked in residential settings providing workshops to youth.

In order to meet a client’s unique needs, Lena partners closely with families and works to increase access to resources that support growth. Her clinical approach is relational and also integrates cognitive-behavioral techniques with systems and attachment-based perspectives. She emphasizes connection, both within families and in the therapeutic space, as a foundation for growth and healing.

Lena earned her Master’s in Social Service Administration (MSW equivalent) from the University of Chicago and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Anthropology from Indiana University Northwest. Lena has completed training for Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT).

She values meeting clients where they are and understands that therapy is a gradual process built on patience, trust, and compassion. She brings creativity and humor into her work to create a welcoming space. Lena encourages clients and caregivers to play an active role in shaping goals. She emphasizes building on strengths to support lasting change.

Services Lena provides:

• Therapy with children
  • Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
• Therapy with adults
• Parent training

Lena’s Contact Information:

773-417-6342 ext. 2010

lstorino@rootedconnectionscounseling.com