About Laura
Laura Standley is a licensed clinical professional counselor with 14 years of experience. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and mood concerns. Laura also supports those facing family and parenting challenges and people coping with depression.
She has worked in both outpatient counseling and inpatient hospital settings. That mix means she is used to short-term crisis work and longer conversations that look at patterns over time.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps people can try between meetings. In sessions Laura aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space for sharing thoughts and feelings. She uses straightforward language and helps clients name what feels hard right now.
Together they explore what’s working, what’s not, and small changes that can reduce stress and build confidence. Laura has additional experience with adoption and foster care questions, attachment concerns, autism and Asperger syndrome, blended family issues, and communication problems. She also has worked with people affected by domestic violence, post-traumatic stress, mood disorders, and impulsivity.
Clients can expect a collaborative approach that balances support with practical tools. The focus is on helping people move toward clearer decisions, calmer days, and stronger relationships. Laura practices in Montana and conducts sessions in English.
Approaches and online options for managing anxiety and stress
Laura draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and steady progress. One common method involves teaching coping and relaxation strategies to reduce day-to-day stress and interrupt anxious thinking patterns. These techniques help people build short rituals and tools they can use when feeling overwhelmed. Another approach focuses on improving communication and family routines to reduce conflict and strain at home. This work looks at patterns of interaction and helps people try new ways of relating that lower tension and increase support.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, challenges, and preferences, then try methods that fit those needs. If something does not feel helpful, adjustments are made together so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be better when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging are useful for short updates, quick coping reminders, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep steady progress from wherever a person is located.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Impulsivity
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Montana
- Languages
- English
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