About Larry
Larry Laehn is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin with 30 years of experience. He helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and major life changes. His style is down-to-earth and practical, aimed at making everyday coping feel more manageable.
He uses a client-centered approach that keeps the person's goals and values at the center of the work. Sessions focus on clear tools and simple habits people can try between meetings.
Background and approach
That might include learning different ways to notice thoughts and feelings, testing small behavior changes, or practicing new communication skills. Larry has worked in vocational rehabilitation and community mental health settings. That background informs his focus on workplace challenges, career concerns, and social dynamics.
He also supports people facing chronic illness, cancer, aging issues, and end-of-life concerns with steady, practical guidance. Many people come to him for help with grief, sleeping problems, anger, or relationship stress. He draws on acceptance and commitment strategies, cognitive behavioral tools, and mindfulness to help people reduce suffering and act in ways that match their values.
Sessions aim to be straightforward and useful. Clients can expect a calm, non-judgmental space to talk through what matters. The work is collaborative: Larry listens, offers perspective, and helps design steps a person can try between sessions.
He focuses on real-world adjustments that promote clearer thinking and better daily functioning.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that reflect their values. It is often useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches skills for changing unhelpful habits; it is practical for depression, sleeping problems, and anger. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes an empathic, listening stance where the therapist follows the client's lead and supports self-directed growth.Choosing the right approach usually happens together. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, try a few methods, and adjust based on what helps most. That cooperative process makes it easier to tailor sessions to a person's needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make regular work on goals more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skill practice. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat and messaging support shorter check-ins, journaling, and step-by-step coaching between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives while keeping the focus on practical change and coping.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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