About Laurie
Laurie May, MD, LCPC, offers practical, calm guidance for people feeling overwhelmed by stress or anxiety. She focuses on clear steps clients can take to manage symptoms and rebuild confidence. Her style is collaborative and steady, aimed at helping people regain a sense of control and move forward.
With 22 years of experience, Laurie concentrates on common life struggles like relationship strain, grief, self-esteem, and major life changes. She also addresses issues such as body image, social anxiety and phobia, communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation, and questions about life purpose.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize workable tools and small, manageable goals. Laurie frames therapy as a team effort. She listens first, helps identify practical coping strategies, and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.
Conversations are straightforward and focused on what clients want to change day to day. Her medical degree and licensure as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor inform a balanced view of emotional and behavioral concerns. Clients can expect an approach that blends clinical knowledge with a practical, person-centered touch.
Laurie provides services from Maryland and meets with people in English. She offers several online session formats to fit different needs and schedules. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first meeting according to availability.
Approaches that guide online care
Laurie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on skills and real-life change. One common method she relies on teaches practical coping skills for anxiety and stress, such as breathing, grounding, and stepwise exposure to feared situations. These tools help reduce panic and make daily tasks feel more manageable.She also works with methods that address relationships and self-view by improving communication and reframing negative self-talk. That approach helps people repair connection patterns, build self-love, and reduce shame or guilt that can block progress.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Laurie will listen to a person's goals, try methods that match those needs, and adjust the plan together over time. The process typically begins with small, testable steps and grows as comfort and skill increase.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Video sessions work well for in-depth conversations, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins, and chat or messaging suits short updates or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on progress and usable skills.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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