About Laura
Laura Hackman is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of practice in California. She focuses on practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression. She encourages clients to notice what already works for them and build on those strengths.
She treats each person as the expert on their life and aims to create a calm, steady space to talk through what feels hard.
Background and approach
Sessions are goal-focused and paced to fit what the client needs. Laura emphasizes small, doable steps that lead to clearer thinking and better daily routines. Her background includes a decade of experience helping people regain confidence and motivation.
She has worked with concerns such as caregiver stress, control issues, loneliness, pregnancy and childbirth-related stress, and building self-love. Her experience gives her a practical sense of what helps in everyday life. In sessions she listens for patterns that contribute to anxiety and low mood and then helps clients try out different ways of responding.
She supports crafting coping strategies, reshaping negative self-talk, and strengthening habits that improve energy and mood. Progress is tracked in simple, measurable ways. Laura offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
She works in English and practices in California. To begin, she asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
Approaches that fit anxious minds and busy lives
Laura uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change. One common approach is learning coping skills for anxiety - teaching breathing and grounding tools, and practicing them between sessions to reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning. Another approach focuses on building self-esteem and motivation by identifying strengths, setting small goals, and tracking progress to boost confidence and activity levels.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist listens to the client’s goals, trials different strategies, and adjusts plans based on what helps. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques to keep and which to modify until a clear, usable plan emerges.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people juggling work, caregiving, or busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when seeing expressions matters, while phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a brief check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients send updates or ask questions between sessions and fit support into short breaks. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and practical for everyday life.
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- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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