About Laurie
Laurie Carlton is a licensed professional counselor in Georgia who brings 14 years of experience to her practice. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and issues with self-esteem. Laurie emphasizes practical steps and clear goals so people know what to expect from sessions.
She listens for strengths and builds on what already works for each person. Laurie treats concerns like sleep trouble, addiction, grief, trauma, and compassion fatigue with steady, direct guidance.
Background and approach
She also helps people navigate career changes, relationship struggles, and problems with communication and trust. Laurie uses straightforward tools from approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and mindfulness. She teaches simple skills for handling big emotions, breaking unhelpful thinking patterns, and staying present in stressful moments.
Sessions are focused on small, doable changes that add up over time. Her style is collaborative and practical. Laurie works with people to set realistic goals and track progress in regular ways.
She outlines homework or exercises when those steps will help move a client forward. People who want a clear plan and hands-on skills often find this approach useful. Laurie aims to make therapy feel manageable and relevant to daily life.
She encourages each person to name what matters most and then take steady steps toward those goals.
Practical therapy methods for online care
Laurie uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT focuses on testing ideas against real life and practicing different ways of thinking to reduce anxiety and depression.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy for managing intense emotions and improving how people cope with stress. DBT offers concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication in heated moments.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Laurie collaborates with each person to choose approaches that match their goals, needs, and daily routine. She checks in and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit varied schedules and needs. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone appointments can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging suit quick check-ins or brief coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving schedules, or busy days while keeping treatment consistent and goal-focused.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English