About Larry
Larry Laehn is a licensed professional counselor in Wisconsin with 30 years of clinical experience. He helps people facing anxiety, depression, stress, addiction, grief, and major life changes. His style is calm and straightforward, focused on practical steps people can use right away.
He uses a client-centered stance that puts the person's goals first. Sessions often include learning skills from cognitive behavioral therapy to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas are used to help people clarify values and make lasting choices.
Background and approach
Mr. Laehn has worked in vocational rehabilitation and community mental health settings. That background shapes his focus on workplace stress, career concerns, and everyday functioning.
He also brings experience supporting people through chronic illness, hospice and end-of-life issues, and caregiving strain. In sessions he balances listening with clear, practical guidance. Conversations might cover coping techniques for anger or sleep, strategies for reducing substance use, or ways to rebuild confidence after loss.
He also addresses communication problems and commitment worries in everyday life. Clients can expect steady, down-to-earth support aimed at building skills and resilience. The work is collaborative and paced to fit each person’s needs.
Over time the aim is to help people feel more able to handle life’s demands and to move toward goals they choose.
Approaches that guide online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without being driven by them and to take actions that align with what matters. It is useful for depression, anxiety, and adjusting to life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-world experiments to reduce symptoms and change behaviors. It often helps with anxiety, sleep problems, and mood concerns. Client-Centered Therapy gives each person time to be heard and to shape the pace and goals of therapy, creating a foundation for trust and practical progress.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Larry will collaborate with each person to blend methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That means exploring what feels most useful early on and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls are good for a full conversation and visual connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text can work for brief check-ins, short coaching-style exchanges, or when someone needs flexible, on-the-go support.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English