About Laurie
Laurie Mombay, MD, LCPC, helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, low mood, or trouble sleeping. She speaks plainly and listens closely to what matters to each person. Her way of working is direct but warm, aiming to give practical tools that can be used between sessions.
She has 18 years of experience counseling in many settings. That range includes outpatient care, employee assistance programs, victim advocacy, and corrections.
Background and approach
Laurie earned a master's degree in Pastoral Counseling from Loyola College and also holds medical and clinical counseling credentials. Her practice focuses on helping people manage anxiety, panic attacks, mood disorders, and trauma. Laurie combines cognitive-behavioral methods with techniques from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and solution-focused work.
In sessions she helps people identify unhelpful thoughts, build emotion regulation skills, and set small, doable goals. Laurie describes her style as compassionate and nonjudgmental while still challenging people to try different ways of coping. She emphasizes learning skills that lead to everyday changes rather than only gaining insight.
Many clients come for help with relationship strain, grief, compassion fatigue, or difficulties tied to their family of origin. She offers both practical strategies and space to make sense of difficult experiences. Laurie is based in Maryland and provides services in English.
Her approach blends real-world skill-building and a collaborative, goal-oriented focus to help people move forward.
How practical approaches meet online care
Laurie uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT is focused on clear steps you can practice between sessions and is often used for anxiety, panic, phobias, and mood problems.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to help with emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and building healthier interpersonal habits. DBT skills can help when mood swings, strong emotions, or impulsive reactions get in the way of daily life.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Laurie will talk with each person about their goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together she and the client pick methods and set small, measurable goals so progress can be tracked and adjusted.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited travel options. Video calls can mirror an in-person session, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and text-based messaging or live chat can support quick check-ins, skill practice, or brief coaching between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving routines, or other life demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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