About Laura
Laura Thompson is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 25 years of clinical experience in New Jersey. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship strains. Her work also covers grief, addictions, eating and sleeping problems, and challenges tied to parenting and life transitions.
Her approach is warm and straightforward. She listens closely and helps people name what matters most to them. Sessions focus on practical steps that can be used between meetings, not just talk during them.
Background and approach
Laura uses several evidence-based methods and adapts them to each person. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thoughts and on acceptance-based tools to build tolerance for difficult feelings. Dialectical skills and emotion-focused ideas help with intense emotions and improving how people connect with others.
People who work with her often want clear tools for everyday life. She supports efforts to improve sleep, reduce panic, manage anger, and handle breakup or divorce challenges. She also works with issues like body image, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, ADHD-related struggles, and social anxiety.
Therapy starts with listening and a simple plan. Laura helps clients set realistic goals and choose steps that fit their life. Over time those small changes add up to better coping and more confidence.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on helping people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then take actions that match their values; it can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change patterns that keep problems going; it is often used for panic, social anxiety, and mood concerns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills for strong, overwhelming emotions and relationship patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then try methods that match those needs. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made over time based on how well the techniques fit.
Online therapy with this clinician uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can fit a shorter check-in or lower bandwidth, and chat or messaging helps when someone prefers written exchanges or needs frequent brief support. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and daily life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English