About Laura
Laura Walls is a licensed professional counselor in Virginia with 23 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, and life transitions in clear, straightforward ways. Her approach centers on listening first and then working together to find what helps.
Sessions are practical and goal-oriented. She uses plain language and steady support so people can feel understood and make changes that matter.
Background and approach
Over two decades in counseling settings taught her to adapt to different needs. She has worked with women, young adults, caregivers, and people facing midlife changes. That experience shapes how she helps with parenting stress, caregiver burnout, career strain, and shifting family roles.
Laura blends approaches to match each person’s situation. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Mindfulness and motivational strategies help people build day-to-day coping skills. In sessions she focuses on clear steps - communication skills, managing intense feelings, improving sleep, and tackling specific problems such as trauma recovery or ADHD coping strategies. The work is collaborative; goals are set together and reviewed as progress is made.
People who reach out can expect a calm, practical style aimed at long-term stability. She helps clients move from feeling stuck to having workable strategies for stress, grief, self-esteem, and major life changes.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well online
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns show up today. In online sessions this can help with intimacy-related issues, separation worries, and communication habits by identifying patterns and practicing different responses.Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It breaks big problems into smaller steps and teaches skills for managing anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and unhelpful behaviors through practical exercises and homework.
Mindfulness approaches teach simple attention and breathing skills to reduce stress and increase emotional regulation. These practices can be used between sessions to manage overwhelm, improve sleep, and support mood stability.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and daily routines and then suggest techniques to try. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps and what does not.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief updates, mood tracking, or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and other commitments.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English