About Loretta
Loretta Collins (Begg) trained for a second career in mental health after many years in sales. She holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC, practicing in Maryland. Her approach is collaborative: she works alongside people rather than directing them.
She brings four years of clinical experience to concerns such as stress, anxiety, mood disorders, addictions, and ADHD. Collins has worked with people facing substance use and dual diagnoses, including post-traumatic stress and depressive disorders.
Background and approach
She also helps with anger, career strain, compassion fatigue, and challenges around impulse control. Additional areas she addresses include body image, caregiver stress, codependency, and eating and food-related issues. Her methods draw from Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Sessions focus on practical strategies and clear goals, along with space to be heard and understood. She uses short-term skill building when helpful and also supports deeper work when clients want it. Therapy with Collins tends to be straightforward and goal-oriented.
People can expect to talk through patterns, try new coping skills, and track small changes. Her background in sales informs a pragmatic style that values clarity and follow-through. Sessions are offered in English and delivered online through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
She works with adults on a range of mood and behavioral concerns and aims to reduce stigma around psychological health.
Approaches used and how online sessions work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on building a trusting working relationship and listening without judgment. It helps people feel understood and decide what changes matter most to them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It teaches concrete skills for managing anxiety, mood shifts, impulses, and habits linked to addictions or anger.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls let people work face to face when helpful, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier on busy days, live chat and texting allow shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible for work schedules, caregiving demands, or travel.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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