About Laurel
Laurel Lass is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on anxiety, stress, and relationship concerns. She brings 24 years of practice to conversations about mood, panic, grief, and self-esteem. Laurel speaks plainly and aims to help people take small, steady steps toward feeling better.
She listens for patterns that show up again and again, such as attachment wounds, control issues, or persistent shame. From there she helps people name what they are facing and try practical ways to manage strong emotions.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and grounded in the client’s real life challenges. Laurel uses approaches that attend to emotional bonds and past wounds. She often blends work on attachment with mindfulness and trauma-focused techniques to ease overwhelming reactions.
Internal Family Systems ideas may be used to help people understand conflicting parts inside themselves. Her work commonly addresses panic attacks, ongoing anxiety, depression, and isolation or loneliness. She also supports people dealing with grief, questions about life purpose, and struggles around self-love and women’s issues.
The goal is usually clearer thinking, fewer intense moments, and more usable coping tools. Clients can expect a calm presence and steady pacing. Laurel aims to empower people to notice strengths, practice new responses, and build more satisfying ways of relating.
She practices in California as an LCSW.
Combining attachment work and trauma-informed care online
Laurel uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional reactions. This approach helps people understand why they may feel stuck or overly reactive in close connections. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) is used to identify and shift intense emotional responses so people can communicate more clearly and feel calmer in relationships. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce worry and interrupt panic cycles.Finding the best approach is part of the work together. Laurel will discuss goals, past experiences, and what feels helpful before choosing methods. Clients and therapist make those decisions collaboratively and adjust the plan as needs change.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people see emotional cues and practice new responses in real time. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good shorter check-in. Messaging options support ongoing reflection between sessions and quick skill reminders when needed.
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What this therapist works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
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- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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