About Laura
Laura Arnold is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in South Carolina. She brings nine years of clinical experience to sessions and works with people facing anxiety, depression, stress, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, and trauma. She uses a direct, conversational style to help people find practical ways to feel better and cope day to day.
In sessions she focuses on understanding what matters most to each person.
Background and approach
She listens without judgment and helps clients set small, achievable goals. Her approach mixes talking, skills practice, and real-world strategies so people can manage emotions and improve relationships. Laura draws on client-centered methods to create a warm, accepting space.
She also uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used when people need help with strong emotions or intense situations. Her background includes work in independent practice and settings that treated substance use and behavioral health concerns.
That experience informs how she supports people dealing with addiction and co-occurring challenges. Laura pays attention to patterns such as attachment, codependency, and communication breakdowns. She tailors each plan to the person’s goals, whether that is reducing panic, managing mood swings, improving intimacy, or coping with a major life change.
Sessions are offered in English and are available to international clients through online formats. The emphasis is on steady progress and practical tools that fit everyday life.
Therapeutic approaches and online access
Laura often draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered work. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. Client-centered therapy focuses on providing acceptance and listening so clients can explore feelings and make choices that fit their values.She may also use dialectical behavior therapy skills for intense emotions or when people struggle with strong reactions. DBT skills teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication so daily life feels more manageable. Which approaches are used will depend on each person’s goals and what feels most useful during early sessions.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan as needed. That way the work remains focused on practical change and what the client wants to achieve.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are good for full sessions with visual cues, phone can be a simpler check-in or for lower bandwidth, live chat works for shorter back-and-forth support, and text messaging lets people check in between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep steady progress from different locations.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Florida, South Carolina, Nevada, Arizona
- Languages
- English