About Laura
Laura Gonzalez Castro is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Virginia with eight years of experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, or changes in life. She aims to make the first step toward help feel manageable and steady.
She creates a calm space where clients can talk through hard feelings without judgment. Sessions emphasize listening, practical steps, and small goals that fit each person's life.
Background and approach
Conversation and collaboration guide how work proceeds from week to week. Her practice addresses trauma and abuse with care and attention to pacing. She supports people rebuilding confidence and self esteem after difficult experiences.
When motivation is low, she helps break tasks into clear, achievable actions. Work on coping with life changes focuses on problem solving and emotional regulation. For anxiety and stress she centers on skills people can use between sessions.
For depression she combines mood monitoring with concrete behavioral changes to regain routine and purpose. Laura believes change takes courage and offers steady support throughout the process. She partners with clients to set realistic goals and track progress.
The aim is a more manageable day-to-day life and clearer direction for the future.
Online approaches and flexible care
Laura uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical skills and gradual change. One common approach emphasizes teaching coping skills for stress and anxiety, such as breathing strategies, activity planning, and ways to break worries into manageable steps. These tools help reduce daily overwhelm and improve emotional control.Another strand of her work addresses trauma and low self esteem through paced processing and rebuilding confidence. This involves taking things slowly, naming what happened, and practicing new behaviors that reinforce self-worth and safety in relationships. For depression and motivation, she focuses on behavioral activation - scheduling small rewarding tasks to rebuild routine and energy.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to choose techniques that match their goals and preferences. Together they review what helps, adjust plans, and set clear, achievable steps.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video allows face-to-face conversation for deeper exchanges. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, troubleshooting between sessions, or ongoing support without a scheduled call. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around busy lives and changing schedules.
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- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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