About Laura
Laura Shires is a licensed professional counselor in Texas with five years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, low self-esteem, and addictive behaviors. She talks with clients in a straightforward, compassionate way and shapes the work to match each person’s situation.
Her style centers on respectful listening and practical steps. Sessions include talking through what’s most troubling, identifying small changes, and building habits that feel doable.
Background and approach
She emphasizes motivation, confidence, and steady progress rather than quick fixes. Laura adapts her approach to the issue at hand. For trauma and abuse she attends carefully to safety and pacing.
For anxiety and stress she helps people spot unhelpful patterns and try manageable changes. For relationship, parenting, and career concerns she focuses on clear goals and realistic next steps. She also supports people facing grief, intimacy-related problems, sleep and eating disruptions, anger, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related challenges.
The work aims to restore daily functioning and improve coping with life changes. Sessions are collaborative and individualized. Laura partners with each person to set priorities, track progress, and adjust the plan as needed.
Her goal is to help people feel more capable and in control of the next chapter of their lives.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Laura uses evidence-based techniques that focus on clear, practical work. One common approach helps people recognize unhelpful thinking and try small behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety and stress. This method targets daily habits and thought patterns to make symptoms easier to manage.For trauma and abuse, care emphasizes steady pacing and emotional safety while processing difficult memories. The work moves at a pace the client can handle and aims to restore everyday functioning. For motivation and self-esteem concerns, sessions focus on setting realistic goals, celebrating small wins, and building routines that support confidence.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options, listen to your goals and preferences, and adjust techniques over time so the work fits your needs. The plan can change as progress is made or new challenges appear.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. Video calls let you see facial cues and have a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, shorter reflections, or ongoing support between sessions. These formats help make regular therapy more practical for busy lives.
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What this counselor works with
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- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English