About Laura
Laura Smith is a licensed clinical social worker with 32 years of experience helping people through hard times. She works with anxiety, stress, depression, relationship problems, trauma, and provides coaching toward clearer goals. Her tone is calm and direct, and she aims to make therapy straightforward and useful.
She focuses on women's concerns, attachment issues, mood disorders, and post-traumatic stress. She also supports people dealing with guilt, shame, forgiveness, and rebuilding self-love.
Background and approach
That can include help with life purpose, workplace strain, and communication problems. Laura draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to shape practical sessions. She listens closely to each person's story and adapts what happens in sessions to fit their goals.
Sessions move at a pace set by the client, with steps that feel manageable. Many clients come seeking relief from persistent worry or a sense of being stuck. In sessions she breaks problems into smaller pieces, teaches coping tools, and practices strategies that can be used between meetings.
She also offers coaching-style conversations when people want focused direction on next steps. Her practice is secular and non-religious, and she centers clients' values in treatment planning. People who want clear, experienced guidance for anxiety, trauma-related issues, or life transitions may find her approach practical and steady.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Laura uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that translate well to online work. One common approach focuses on skills for managing anxiety and mood symptoms through practical exercises and step-by-step coping strategies. These methods teach breathing, grounding, and thought-focused tools that people can practice between sessions.Another approach centers on attachment and relationship patterns to help clients understand how past experiences shape current reactions. This work often involves identifying interaction habits, trying new ways of communicating, and rehearsing different responses during sessions to build healthier patterns.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust plans based on what helps. Together they decide which techniques to emphasize so therapy stays relevant and useful.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work breaks, caregiving schedules, or busy days while keeping focus on progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 32 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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