About Laine
Laine Kolesar is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) who focuses on practical, down-to-earth help for people feeling stressed or anxious. She uses straightforward talk and empathy to help clients sort through what feels overwhelming and take small steps forward. Her work highlights building confidence, managing strong emotions, and finding clearer purpose in day-to-day life.
She draws from client-centered and cognitive behavioral approaches to keep sessions focused and useful. That means conversations center on the person’s own goals, and they also look at thoughts and behaviors that contribute to anxiety or low mood.
Background and approach
Laine blends this with mindfulness and solution-focused elements to offer concrete tools to use between sessions. Her background includes five years working in clinical settings in Ohio as an LISW. During that time she has supported people dealing with addiction, trauma and abuse, relationship stress, and career or life transitions.
She also helps with issues like sleep problems, caregiving strain, body image concerns, and difficulties with intimacy. Sessions tend to combine practical coping strategies with exploration of values and meaning. Laine aims to meet people where they are and build steps that feel achievable.
She works with adults to address concerns such as depression, compassion fatigue, and recurring patterns rooted in family of origin or attachment issues. People who connect with her often want help breaking cycles, improving communication, or coping with big changes. Her style is warm and curious, with an emphasis on clear, manageable strategies for everyday life.
Approaches that guide online sessions and how they help
Laine blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral ideas to shape online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and priorities; it helps when someone needs a compassionate listener and a space to clarify goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and anxiety and gives concrete steps to change unhelpful patterns.She also uses mindfulness and solution-focused elements to round out sessions. Mindfulness techniques teach simple practices for calming the body and staying present during moments of stress. Solution-focused methods help identify small, immediate changes that move someone toward their goals. Together these approaches let the therapist and client try different tools and keep what actually helps.
Finding the right mix is a collaborative process. Laine will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before, then adjust the approach as needed. Clients are invited to give feedback so sessions remain practical and aligned with their needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for deeper conversations and visual connection, while phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging work well for short check-ins, quick coping strategies, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to connect consistently and to keep progress moving forward.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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