About Laurie
Laurie Stricker is a licensed master social worker with 27 years of experience. She helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress or anxiety, and those facing depression, trauma, addiction, grief, or big life changes. Laurie writes in a straightforward way and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
Laurie earned a Master of Social Work in 1998 while working full time and volunteering at a domestic violence shelter.
Background and approach
Her early work in foster care gave her insight into child welfare and family dynamics. She later worked as an infant mental health specialist, which deepened her experience with trauma and with meeting people where they are. Work in a hospital behavioral health setting expanded her skills in individual psychotherapy for people from many backgrounds.
She also gained experience on in-patient units for substance use and mental health concerns. A period working at the Department of Veterans Affairs further broadened her clinical perspective and intervention skills. Laurie uses a mix of approaches to fit each person’s needs.
She draws from client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, motivational interviewing, solution-focused strategies, and trauma-focused work. Sessions aim to be practical, focused, and collaborative so people can try new coping steps between meetings. She practices from Michigan and offers services to people in English.
Laurie’s long career spans community programs, hospital care, and veteran services, and she brings that range to her online work and telephone sessions.
How Laurie’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person’s unique situation. The therapist follows the client's lead, offers empathy, and helps people identify what matters most to them. This approach can help with anxiety, low self-esteem, and the emotional impact of life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses simple exercises and experiments to test unhelpful thinking and build new coping habits. CBT can be useful for panic, generalized worry, sleep problems, and mood symptoms.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Laurie will talk with clients about their goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps. This is a collaborative process where techniques are chosen to match needs and preferences.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or text-based messaging can be used for shorter check-ins, written reflections, or reminders between sessions. These formats give flexibility for scheduling and make it easier to keep therapy consistent for people with busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
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- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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