Lorens Hidalgo is a down-to-earth, compassionate therapist who works with individuals and couples using a psychodynamic, relationship-centered approach. She provides therapy in both English and Spanish and pays close attention to the language and cultural background that shape each client’s story. She does not see therapy as a way of changing who someone is. Her aim is to help clients set aside defenses that are no longer serving them, reconnect with their strengths, heal from the past, and build the life they want.
Her work is grounded in relational and attachment-focused psychodynamic therapy. She helps clients with trauma, anxiety, depression, and major life transitions recognize the underlying patterns behind their current emotional reactions. She is currently completing post-graduate training in insight-oriented therapy at the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (WCSPP). With couples, she uses the Gottman Method, offering structured communication tools for handling conflict, getting unstuck on recurring issues, and rebuilding intimacy.
Lorens earned her Master of Social Work at Lehman College (CUNY). She has worked with children, adolescents, and adults in outpatient clinics and private practice. Her manner is approachable and nonjudgmental, and she works to create a setting where individuals and couples feel heard.