About Laura
Dr. Laura Riness helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, life changes, grief, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She also supports people dealing with parenting strains, sleep problems, anger, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and LGBT-related issues.
Dr. Riness holds an LPCC, which is a Minnesota licensed professional clinical counselor credential, and brings seven years of experience to her work. Her style is straightforward and collaborative.
She aims to make sessions a calm place to talk without judgment.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on practical steps people can use between sessions. The goal is clearer thinking and more manageable day-to-day routines. She draws on methods that help people understand their emotions and change unhelpful patterns.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot and shift negative thinking. Attachment-Based ideas help explore how past relationship patterns affect present reactions. Sessions often look at specific problems at home or work.
Dr. Riness helps people set short-term goals and build small habits that add up. She also works with issues influenced by culture, adoption and foster care experiences, aging concerns, and challenges tied to prejudice and discrimination.
People can expect a calm, respectful listener who asks clear questions and offers concrete tools. Dr. Riness supports clients who want coaching around life transitions, recovery from loss, or help rebuilding relationships.
Her approach mixes practical strategies with attention to feelings and relationships.
How therapy approaches work online
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns shape current reactions. It helps people notice repeated emotional responses and learn new ways of relating when stress or conflict appears. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical exercises to challenge unhelpful thinking and build new coping skills that reduce anxiety and depression.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs and goals and together they will choose or blend approaches that fit. That collaborative plan can change as goals evolve and progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text are helpful for short updates, brief coaching, or people who prefer writing over speaking. These options make it easier to schedule regular meetings, fit sessions into a busy day, and use therapy tools between meetings.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English