About Laura
Laura Rubenstein is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Illinois with 22 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress and anxiety. Her work also addresses relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and life changes.
She approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Sessions are shaped to fit the individual's needs rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan. She emphasizes clear, practical steps that clients can try between meetings.
Background and approach
In sessions she listens first and then helps people sort through priorities. Conversations may cover coping skills for anxiety, ways to manage anger, or strategies for improving self-esteem. She also helps with career concerns and navigating the effects of trauma.
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. People can expect a mix of talk, problem-solving, and planning tailored to their goals. The focus is on manageable changes that make daily life easier.
Laura supports LGBTQ clients and addresses parenting questions from an individual perspective. She will adapt the pace and tools to match each person's comfort and needs. Starting therapy is framed as a step toward more satisfying daily life and clearer direction.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Evidence-based techniques focus on clear steps you can practice between sessions. One common approach helps people identify anxious thoughts and try new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce worry and avoidance. This method is practical for stress, anxiety, and many life transitions.Another approach emphasizes noticing patterns that come from past trauma and then learning safer ways to cope. It includes skill-building for managing strong emotions and improving day-to-day functioning, which can help with grief, anger, and trauma responses.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they will adjust pacing and techniques until the plan feels useful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls use less bandwidth, live chat can be a quicker check-in, and text messaging supports short updates or reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while juggling work, parenting, or other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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