About Laura
Laura Shughart is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and CSW with eight years of experience helping people face overwhelming stress and anxiety. She works with individuals who are dealing with addiction, sleep problems, anger, depression, and major life changes. Laura aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can start to make small, steady shifts.
Her style is client-centered and collaborative. She listens first, then helps people notice what’s already working in their life.
Background and approach
From there she offers tools drawn from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches to reduce anxiety and improve routines like sleep. Many clients come wanting practical skills for coping with intense emotions, relationship strain, or burnout. Laura also supports people navigating grief, career decisions, caregiver stress, and concerns linked to adoption, attachment, or body image.
She addresses intimacy-related issues and work-related challenges such as first responder stress and compassion fatigue. Sessions may include behavioral strategies, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing to build motivation for change. Laura focuses on small experiments people can try between sessions to test what helps.
Her goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes. Laura practices in Colorado and uses plain language in sessions so people can focus on solutions. She centers each conversation on the person she’s working with and adjusts tools to fit real life demands.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a relationship that reflects the client's goals and priorities. It emphasizes respect and collaboration, which helps people feel heard while they work on anxiety, grief, or life changes.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and habits. It is useful for anxiety, sleep problems, mood concerns, and addiction because it breaks larger problems into small, testable steps.
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving emotional regulation. It can be helpful for anger, overwhelming stress, and coping when emotions feel out of control.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and daily demands and then suggest techniques to try. Together they will adjust methods over time based on what is helpful and what fits real life.
Online formats offer flexibility for different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing of worksheets. Phone sessions can be a good option when internet bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day and to get brief support between sessions. These options help people access care around work, caregiving, or other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Sleeping disorders
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
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