About Laura
Laura Scales is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Colorado. She moved into therapy after several different careers where she cared for others and taught outdoor skills. That mix of life experience shapes how she listens and responds in session.
She keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Laura helps people talk through relationship strain, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, and parenting concerns. She also supports work on self-esteem, intimacy issues, addiction-related struggles, career stress, bipolar-related challenges, and trauma and abuse recovery.
Background and approach
Her counseling style is collaborative and strengths-focused. Laura treats clients as the experts on their own lives and works to build skills clients can use between sessions. She leans on approaches backed by research and adapts them to each person's needs.
Laura trained in marriage and family therapy at Argosy University in Denver and completed practicum work at West Springs Psychiatric Hospital. She has about five years of clinical experience that include intake work, individual and group counseling in community mental health settings. Outside of the office she spends a lot of time outdoors.
Her past work with people facing severe illness, along with guiding climbing and paddling, informs a calm, present-centered way of helping others. She aims to create a nonjudgmental space where clients can explore problems and try new ways of relating and coping.
How evidence-based techniques meet online therapy
Many of Laura's tools come from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that help people change patterns and cope with strong emotions. Cognitive behavior approaches focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying out different behaviors to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. These methods are practical and often include homework between sessions to practice new skills.Internal Family Systems ideas help people notice different parts of themselves and how those parts interact, which can be useful for relationship issues, trauma responses, and self-esteem work. Dialectical behavior strategies teach concrete coping skills for managing intense emotions, improving communication, and reducing conflict in relationships.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Laura works collaboratively to test methods, adjust techniques, and pick what fits the client's goals and preferences. She tailors the plan as therapy progresses so interventions match what the client needs most.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make counseling more flexible. Video lets people use visual cues and do deeper work, while phone sessions or chat can be easier during a short break or when bandwidth is limited. Text and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, progress notes, or practicing skills between live contacts. These options let clients fit therapy into daily life and try different formats to see what feels most helpful.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
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