About Laura
Laura Noonan-Cavins is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in New Jersey. She has 15 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, low self-esteem, depression, and career challenges. She frames therapy as a practical partnership and offers a calm, respectful presence for people ready to make changes.
Her work is straightforward and focused on the issues you bring. Sessions aim to clarify goals, build coping skills, and improve communication.
Background and approach
She adapts her style to each person rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan. Laura draws from several evidence-informed approaches to tailor sessions. She commonly uses techniques that help people change unhelpful thinking, practice present-moment awareness, and identify values that guide action.
Sessions include real-world strategies you can try between meetings. People often seek her help for career stress, life transitions, caregiver strain, and feelings of isolation or emptiness. She also supports those dealing with body image, codependency, commitment or communication problems, and issues related to divorce and separation.
Her approach blends steady listening with practical skill building. Laura helps people notice patterns, set small goals, and practice different ways of responding. The overall aim is clearer priorities, less overwhelm, and more confidence moving forward.
Approaches for online work and practical strategies
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when worry or doubt shows up. It focuses on actions you can try that point toward a more meaningful life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches concrete tools to change unhelpful thinking and build healthier habits. Mindfulness Therapy trains simple awareness skills to reduce reactivity and improve focus during stressful moments.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals and pick methods that fit their needs and preferences. That process can change over time as new goals or challenges arise.
Online sessions can be done by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different situations. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and guided exercises, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, and text or chat can work for quick check-ins or shorter coaching-style exchanges. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity during transitions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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