About Lawrence
Lawrence Baker is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with two decades of experience in behavioral health. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction concerns, relationship and family problems, and major life changes. He listens with patience and speaks plainly so parents and adults can follow along.
He offers a conversational, interactive style in sessions. Conversations are practical and direct. He helps clients name problems, set small goals, and try clear steps between meetings.
Background and approach
Early career work in social services exposed him to a wide range of concerns, including trauma and post-traumatic stress, substance-related problems, bipolar and mood disorders, and adjustment challenges. That background informs how he assesses what a person needs and which strategies might help most right now. Lawrence draws on client-centered methods to keep the work focused on each person's experience.
He uses cognitive behavioral strategies when patterns of thinking and behavior get in the way. He also applies solution-focused techniques when clients want short-term, goal-oriented work. Sessions are offered through a mix of video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging.
He works from Alabama and conducts therapy in English. His approach aims to make steps toward change feel achievable and realistic for everyday life.
Approach-focused online therapy that fits your life
Lawrence uses client-centered therapy to make sessions about the person's experience and needs, helping people feel heard and guiding decisions from what matters most to them. Cognitive behavioral therapy is used to identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and to teach practical skills for reducing anxiety, depression, and impulsive reactions. Solution-focused therapy narrows attention to small, achievable goals and concrete steps that produce change quickly.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. He collaborates with clients to decide which methods to try first based on their goals and what feels useful. That partnership helps shape short-term plans and longer-term adjustments as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can provide quicker check-ins, and messaging supports brief updates or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other routines while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English