About Laurel
Laurel Boyer is a licensed professional counselor in Colorado with 15 years of experience. She focuses on helping adults through hard life moments like depression, anxiety, trauma recovery, and grief. Laurel aims to make sessions straightforward and caring so people feel understood quickly.
Her style is supportive and non-judgmental. She listens first, then helps people name what matters most. From there she works with each person to develop practical coping steps that fit their daily life.
Background and approach
Laurel often helps people dealing with relationship strain, communication problems, and the emotional fallout of separation or divorce. She also supports those facing career stress, compassion fatigue, or low self-esteem. Young adult issues and women’s concerns are common topics in her work.
She uses several approaches to guide sessions, including client-centered listening, mindfulness practices, and elements from Jungian and existential thought. Hypnotherapy is also part of her toolbox when it seems helpful. She explains methods plainly and tailors them to each person’s needs.
People who prefer calm, steady guidance may find her approach a good fit. Sessions are practical and paced to the individual. Laurel focuses on helping people make small changes that add up to real relief over time.
Therapeutic approaches suited to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience without judgment. It helps people who need acceptance and clearer self-understanding before making changes.Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices that reduce stress and ease anxiety. These practices work well in short online sessions and can be practiced between meetings to manage daily triggers.
Existential Therapy looks at meaning, choice, and the life questions people face. It can help with grief, career shifts, and moments when someone feels stuck or unsure about direction.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and deeper conversation. Phone sessions take less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or text sessions allow shorter check-ins or ongoing support without scheduling a full call. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around a busy life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English