About Laurene
Laurene Blake is a Maryland-based clinician with ten years of professional experience helping people navigate anxiety, stress, and depression. She focuses on easing panic attacks and chronic worry while supporting better self-esteem and confidence. She aims to make the first step feel less daunting for someone who is worried or overwhelmed.
She works to create an open, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about painful experiences. That includes trauma and abuse, and how those events affect day-to-day life.
Background and approach
Conversations often center on practical ways to reduce anxious moments and regain a sense of control. Laurene also helps people sort out relationship difficulties and communication problems. Sessions look at patterns that cause repeated conflict and ways to change how people interact.
Forgiveness and repairing trust are addressed when they matter to the person in front of her. She supports people dealing with isolation and questions about life purpose or motivation. Work together can include setting small goals, building routines, and practicing skills that boost confidence step by step.
Laurene holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker-Certified, LCSW-C. She offers sessions in English and practices from Maryland. Her approach is direct and supportive, focused on helping each person find realistic steps toward feeling better.
Practical approaches for online anxiety and stress care
Laurene uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, usable steps people can apply between sessions. One common approach teaches skills to manage intense anxiety and panic attacks by changing immediate thoughts and behaviors; it helps reduce the intensity and frequency of panic moments. Another approach looks at how past trauma and negative experiences shape current reactions, helping people process those events and build safer ways of responding in daily life.Finding the right approach is a team effort. She works with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and day-to-day routine. Sessions are collaborative so techniques can be adjusted if something feels unhelpful or hard to use.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversations and seeing nonverbal cues, while phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow quick check-ins, brief skill practice, or support between appointments. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different life situations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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