About Laurie
Laurie McNamara is a licensed clinical social worker with five years of experience based in Delaware. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, career worries, or low self-esteem. Laurie aims to create a respectful, compassionate space where clients can begin to make small, practical changes.
She focuses on building a plan that fits each person’s life and goals. Conversations are tailored to what matters most to the client, whether that’s gaining confidence, improving relationships, or coping with grief.
Background and approach
The tone in sessions is direct but kind, with attention to what feels helpful right now. Laurie often uses goal-focused strategies and narrative work to help people reframe problems and find new ways forward. She combines those approaches with motivational techniques to support changes clients want to make.
Sessions tend to emphasize clear steps and skills you can practice between meetings. She also brings experience supporting people who face job-related stress or compassion fatigue, including first responder concerns. Laurie works with issues related to ADHD, intellectual disability, jealousy, and young adult transitions when those topics come up in therapy.
If someone is unsure where to begin, she helps break down choices into manageable steps. Laurie encourages people to try approaches and then adjust the plan as they learn what helps.
Therapeutic approaches and remote sessions
Laurie often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thoughts and behaviors that keep them stuck, and then practice small changes that reduce anxiety and improve mood. She also draws on Motivational Interviewing to help people clarify what they want and find inner reasons to make changes rather than relying on pressure from others.Figuring out the best approach is a shared process. Laurie will work with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences, trying techniques and adjusting as needed. The aim is to find practical strategies that feel useful in day-to-day life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for longer discussions and skill practice. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter, flexible check-ins and ongoing support between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Delaware
- Languages
- English
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