Works with
How Laura works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Years in practice
- 9
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Laura
Laura Duncan is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) based in Michigan who focuses on practical, compassionate care. She aims to help people manage strong emotions, make changes, and feel more grounded in day-to-day life. She uses straightforward talk and active listening to understand what matters most to each person.
Sessions focus on real problems like stress, anxiety, anger, grief, and changing family roles. Laura helps people find steps they can try between visits.
Background and approach
Her work draws on attachment-based thinking and cognitive behavioral strategies combined with mindfulness tools. That mix helps people notice patterns, test new ways of relating, and calm intense feelings. Motivational interviewing guides conversations about change when people feel stuck.
Laura has nine years of experience in clinical settings and with diverse concerns including trauma, parenting stress, career transitions, and chronic health challenges. She supports people facing complicated relationship and intimacy issues as well as questions about identity and self-worth. Sessions are offered in English and Laura accepts clients who live outside the United States.
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. To start, visitors complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on availability.
What Laura works with
Everything Laura lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Laura's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Laura lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How these approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current feelings and reactions. Online work uses conversation and reflection to notice patterns in relationships and try gentler ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. In online sessions this often means setting small experiments between meetings and reviewing results together. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm, which can be practiced during short moments at home or work.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they try methods that fit the person’s situation and adjust the plan over time based on progress and comfort.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls are good for deeper conversations and seeing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or share thoughts when it’s easier to type than speak. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy lives and different schedules.
Questions people ask about Laura
What kinds of concerns does Laura focus on?
She addresses a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, career questions, ADHD, and trauma or abuse.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and practical, mixing attachment-based work with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness. Conversations are collaborative and focused on real-life steps people can use between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she bring?
She has nine years of experience working in clinical settings with people facing complex emotional and life challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
Laura is a Licensed Master Social Worker - LMSW - practicing from Michigan.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she does accept international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different schedules and needs.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.