About Laura
Laura Christensen is a licensed independent clinical social worker. She focuses on anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, depression, and the aftermath of trauma and abuse. She aims to make the first step feel manageable and affirms the courage it takes to begin.
Her style is straightforward and respectful. She treats each person as the expert on their life and looks for the strengths you already have. Sessions are practical and grounded in real problems, not jargon.
Background and approach
The room is a place to talk through what feels stuck and to practice new responses. Laura uses a mix of approaches depending on what a person needs. Client-Centered Therapy guides the conversation around your priorities.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers skills to handle intense emotion and build better coping. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing can be used when past events keep causing distress. She has three years of clinical experience working in Minnesota and holds a Minnesota LICSW.
That background includes helping people with life transitions, chronic illness or pain, caregiver stress, and communication problems. Laura also supports work on guilt, shame, isolation, and finding purpose. In sessions the focus is on small, doable steps.
Practical tools and short skill practices are common. Over time the aim is to reduce anxiety and increase confidence in handling life changes.
Approaches that translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to you. Online sessions let you set the pace while the therapist reflects your goals and priorities. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense feelings and improving relationships, and those skills work well over video, phone, or messaging. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, known as EMDR, helps process distressing memories and can be adapted to remote sessions when appropriate.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will help you decide which methods match your situation and goals. Together you can try approaches and adjust as you learn what helps most.
Online formats offer practical benefits for many people. Video calls allow face-to-face work and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can be easier if bandwidth is limited or if you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, homework, or when a shorter touchpoint fits a busy day. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into life.
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- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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