About Laurie
Laurie Jolly is a Licensed Master Social Worker who uses practical, people-focused therapy to help with anxiety and stress. She brings 38 years of clinical experience and a steady, respectful approach to each session. Laurie names the client as the expert in their own life and helps them build on existing strengths.
She works with adults facing family conflict, relationship strain, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse. Depression, addictions, grief, and struggles with intimacy and self-esteem are also areas she addresses.
Background and approach
Laurie includes support for mood concerns like bipolar disorder, panic attacks, and ADHD-related difficulties. Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She draws on approaches such as acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment perspectives, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, and emotion regulation skills from dialectical behavior work.
Sessions focus on clear, usable tools and on changing patterns that cause distress. Laurie emphasizes practical steps and real-life goals. She helps people identify values, improve communication, and manage overwhelming emotions.
Parents and caregivers can find strategies to reduce stress and strengthen relationships. Clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space to talk through painful events, make sense of difficult emotions, and plan for change. Laurie supports people as they take small steps toward a more manageable and meaningful life.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while taking steps toward what matters most. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete strategies to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with panic, mood problems, and worry.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Laurie will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and daily life. Sessions begin with clear goals and a plan that can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people talk face-to-face when schedules allow. Phone sessions are an option when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, homework follow-up, or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, and other responsibilities while still using the same therapeutic tools as in-person work.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 38 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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