About Laura
Laura Guarino is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with 19 years of experience. She focuses on practical coping skills for stress and anxiety and helps people facing mood and behavior challenges find clearer ways forward. She uses down-to-earth conversation to identify what’s causing stress and which small changes could help.
Sessions often center on real-life tools people can use between meetings. Laura draws on approaches that help people rethink unhelpful thoughts and build steady routines.
Background and approach
Her background includes work in a range of settings, including teletherapy and in-person visits, and experience with complex problems such as trauma, substance use, and mood disorders. That variety has informed how she tailors strategies for different situations and challenges. Parents and caregivers who worry about their child’s mood or behavior may find support for parenting concerns, family tensions, and communication problems.
She also helps people coping with loss, life changes, isolation, and difficulties with intimacy or self-esteem. Laura emphasizes collaboration and practical next steps. She listens closely, helps set realistic short-term goals, and suggests exercises or mindset shifts that people can try between sessions.
Progress is tracked through regular conversation and gradual adjustments to the plan.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Client-centered therapy focuses on empathetic listening and understanding the person's perspective. It helps people feel heard and guides them to find their own solutions for stress, relationship strain, or parenting worries.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior. It uses clear exercises to challenge unhelpful thinking and build new habits, which can be useful for anxiety, panic attacks, depression, and mood regulation.
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. These practices often help with stress, overwhelm, and emotional regulation in everyday life.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before, and then try techniques that match those needs. This is a collaborative process with room to adjust methods over time.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone calls use less bandwidth and can fit into a lunch break. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, notes between sessions, or when typing feels easier than speaking.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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