About Laure
Laure DeForges is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania. She has seven years of experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or big life changes. Laure aims to create a calm, accepting space where someone can talk through problems and find practical steps forward.
She often helps with trauma and abuse recovery, relationship and intimacy concerns, and issues that affect daily functioning like sleep problems and addiction.
Background and approach
Laure also supports people dealing with grief, career uncertainty, and patterns such as codependency or attachment struggles. Her work includes attention to identity-related issues, including LGBT concerns. Laure uses straightforward, evidence-based techniques to build coping skills and emotional regulation.
Sessions focus on what’s happening now and on concrete strategies that can reduce distress between meetings. She balances short-term problem solving with attention to longer-term growth and goals. Clients can expect collaborative sessions where goals are set together and progress is reviewed regularly.
Laure emphasizes small, achievable changes and strategies that fit into a busy life. She will help people practice new ways of relating to themselves and others. Laure offers multiple online session formats to suit different needs, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
She works with adults seeking support for mood, anxiety, trauma, and life adjustments, tailoring the approach to each person’s situation.
Online Approaches and How They Help
Laure draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical coping and emotional regulation. One common approach emphasizes skill-building for anxiety and stress - teaching relaxation, breathing, and activity planning to reduce daily distress and improve sleep and focus. Another approach addresses trauma-related symptoms by helping people notice patterns, process distressing memories safely, and practice grounding and emotion-management skills to lower reactivity.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Laure works with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. She regularly reviews progress and adjusts strategies so therapy stays aligned with what the client wants to achieve.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let people use visual cues and more conversational work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a camera feels like too much. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, shorter coaching-style support, or when written reflection helps. These options help people fit sessions into busy days and maintain momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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