About Laura
Laura Montoya is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with four years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting concerns, and depression. Laura aims to create a calm and steady space where people can begin to sort through what feels overwhelming.
She believes each person knows their own story and brings strengths to the work. Sessions focus on building practical skills and small changes that make daily life more manageable.
Background and approach
Laura encourages steady progress rather than quick fixes, and she welcomes questions about how therapy will fit into real life. In sessions she helps people learn to notice patterns that keep them stuck, practice new ways of responding, and address painful memories at a comfortable pace. She works with panic symptoms, social anxiety, mood swings, and the effects of trauma and loss.
Parenting topics include setting boundaries, managing caregiver stress, and improving communication. Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth. Laura guides people through short-term goals while also attending to longer-term growth and self-compassion.
Over time clients often build clearer routines, better emotional regulation, and stronger self-understanding. Laura provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules. She offers services in English and practices in Texas.
Starting is a simple process that begins with an online questionnaire and scheduling step.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Laura uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on teaching coping skills and addressing difficult memories. Skills-based work involves learning breathing, grounding, and behavioral strategies to manage anxiety and panic symptoms. This helps when worry or panic shows up in daily routines.She also uses trauma-informed methods that help people process painful events at a pace they can handle. These methods aim to reduce the intensity of upsetting memories and improve emotional regulation over time. For grief and loss, she supports meaning-making and finding ways to honor loss while rebuilding routines.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then tailor techniques collaboratively. Together they check in on progress and adjust strategies as needed.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face interaction and practicing skills in real time. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a quieter check-in is needed. Messaging and chat offer flexible ways to share updates, try short exercises, or get brief support between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life situations.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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