About Laura
Laura Montoya is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, parenting concerns, and depression. She works in a straightforward, compassionate way and helps people take clear steps forward. Laura recognizes how hard it can be to ask for help and validates that first step as an act of courage.
Laura draws on four years of professional experience in Texas to tailor conversations to each person’s needs.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to be goal-oriented and paced to match what someone can manage. She emphasizes strengths people already have and builds on those reliable parts of a person’s life. Common topics she helps with include panic or social anxiety, mood concerns, and the ripple effects of trauma and loss.
She also supports people wrestling with attachment questions, guilt or shame, communication problems, and feelings of isolation. Parenting stress and caregiver strain are addressed with practical strategies and empathy. Her approach is simple and down-to-earth: listen to what matters to the client, name patterns that get in the way, and try small, doable changes.
Laura avoids jargon and focuses on real-life tools that can be used between sessions. She encourages people to set clear, achievable goals and checks in about progress during care. Sessions are offered in English and provided through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Laura invites people to begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling according to availability.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Laura uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on identifying patterns, building coping skills, and strengthening personal resources. One common approach emphasizes skill-based work to reduce anxiety and manage panic attacks through step-by-step practices that someone can use between sessions. Another approach centers on processing the impact of trauma and loss while supporting emotional regulation and safer daily routines; this helps when past events continue to affect mood, sleep, or relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Laura will listen to your goals, discuss possible methods, and decide collaboratively which techniques fit your needs and preferences. The plan can shift as progress is made so therapy stays useful and relevant.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is good for shorter check-ins, and text messaging helps people who prefer writing or need brief ongoing support. These formats make it easier to fit care around work, caregiving, or other commitments while keeping focus on practical strategies and steady progress.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English