About Laura
Laura Duffy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey with nine years of clinical experience. She takes a warm, nonjudgmental approach and focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, mood concerns, and questions about identity and self-worth. Her style is collaborative and straightforward, aimed at practical steps rather than jargon.
In sessions she listens first to understand what matters most to the person in front of her.
Background and approach
Together they set clear, measurable goals and track progress over time. She emphasizes compassion and empowerment, helping people build skills to manage intense emotions, reduce harmful behaviors, and strengthen self-efficacy. Her background includes work across hospital and community settings and several levels of care.
That experience informs the way she supports people facing co-occurring substance use and mental health challenges. She is familiar with crisis coordination and treatment planning for complex presentations. Therapeutic tools she commonly uses include client-centered techniques, cognitive behavioral methods, dialectical behavior strategies, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing.
These tools are adapted to each person’s pace and needs to address things like panic, impulsivity, or problems with addiction. Laura aims to create a calm, practical space where people can talk through painful experiences and build lasting coping skills. She focuses on realistic steps people can take between sessions to feel more stable and in control of their daily life.
How therapeutic approaches guide online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding the person's experience and following their lead. It helps when someone needs a supportive space to be heard and to clarify what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and interrupt unhelpful habits. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, try methods that fit, and adjust based on what helps most. That collaborative process makes it easier to mix problem-solving skills with emotional support when needed. Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people maintain face-to-face contact without traveling to an office. Phone sessions work well for quick check-ins or when bandwidth is low. Live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter, flexible touchpoints for processing feelings, checking in between sessions, or working through urges related to addictive behavior. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue care when schedules or locations change.Questions people ask
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English