About Laverne
Laverne Hoffler-Duckworth is a licensed counselor who practices in Pennsylvania. She has 10 years of experience supporting people through anxiety, stress, depression, and relationship concerns. She works with clients who are coping with grief, trauma, addiction, parenting challenges, and workplace strain.
Her style is warm and culturally aware. She helps people build self-love, improve communication, and find purpose after difficult life changes. Sessions focus on realistic steps clients can try between meetings and on small changes that add up over time.
Background and approach
Laverne draws on practical, evidence-informed techniques to address panic, social anxiety, and everyday worry. She also helps with blended family issues, codependency, and the emotional fallout of past abuse. Conversations in her sessions are direct but compassionate, aimed at clearer thinking and better coping skills.
She uses approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy alongside motivational interviewing and solution-focused work. These methods are used to teach skills for emotion regulation, reduce unhelpful thinking patterns, and set achievable goals. The therapist and client decide together which tools to use.
People who prefer steady, goal-minded work tend to do well with her approach. She offers multiple ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different, more balanced ways of thinking. It is often used for anxiety, panic, and mood concerns to reduce worry and change habits of thought.Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. It is useful for people experiencing strong mood swings, emotional overwhelm, or difficulty with anger and impulsive behavior.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and daily life demands to decide which methods to use. She often blends techniques so sessions match what a person needs right now and what they want to work toward.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls are close to an in-person visit and let the therapist see nonverbal cues. Phone sessions work well when video is not possible or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or fitting support into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and to try different formats as needs change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania, Florida, New Jersey, Texas
- Languages
- English
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