About Laura
Laura Salazar is a Licensed Professional Counselor who brings nine years of clinical experience to her work. She focuses on helping people set clear goals and learn practical tools to handle life's challenges. Her approach treats the client as the expert on their own life while she provides guidance and structure.
In sessions she helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma or abuse. She also supports people dealing with addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and self-esteem struggles.
Background and approach
Conversations are aimed at making small, realistic changes that add up over time. Laura uses a mix of client-centered listening and structured skill-building. Techniques drawn from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches are used to change unhelpful thinking and build coping skills.
She also brings elements of existential thinking to help people find meaning when facing major life decisions. Treatment plans are created together and tied to the goals a person sets. Sessions focus on concrete strategies, practice between meetings, and tracking progress so adjustments can be made when needed.
The intent is to leave people better equipped to handle future challenges. She holds counseling credentials in Illinois and Texas and works with people using methods matched to their goals. Sessions are offered in English and are available through several online formats to fit differing schedules and needs.
Approach-driven care online with flexible formats
Client-centered therapy focuses on respectful listening and helping people clarify their own goals and values. This approach is useful for people who want space to think things through and make decisions with supportive guidance.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. It is practical and goal-oriented, often involving exercises and small homework tasks to practice new skills between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills for managing strong emotions and conflict. It is especially helpful for people who need concrete tools to stay balanced during stressful moments.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is helpful.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit busy schedules and differing needs. Video calls allow visual connection for deeper conversations, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing brief contact. These options make it easier to maintain regular meetings and practice skills between sessions.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Texas
- Languages
- English