Laura Lee Adams, LCSW
Compassionate, practical support for strong emotions
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Depression
How Laura works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Mississippi
- Years in practice
- 26
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Laura
Laura Lee Adams is a licensed clinical social worker with 26 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage strong feelings, reduce stress, and find clearer ways to cope. She listens without judgment and helps people take small, practical steps toward change.
She commonly helps people handling anger, anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions. She also works with concerns tied to relationships, parenting, LGBT stress, addictions, sleep problems, and attention differences.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to concentrate on what is most pressing for the person and on workable strategies for everyday life. Her background includes long clinical experience in Mississippi and many years supporting people through crisis and change. She treats issues related to trauma and abuse, as well as family conflict, codependency, and separation.
She also addresses specific topics such as body image, fertility-related stress, and first responder challenges. In sessions she emphasizes the client’s perspective and practical strengths. She helps people name patterns, learn new responses, and practice small experiments between appointments.
The approach is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. People who choose her often want down-to-earth guidance rather than jargon. She aims to make sessions clear, direct, and useful so people can try new ways of coping and notice real shifts over time.
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
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic techniques and online support
Two evidence-based techniques commonly used in practical therapy are skills-focused coping and problem-focused work. Skills-focused coping teaches concrete tools for managing intense feelings like anger or anxiety, and it helps people practice breathing, grounding, and thought checks to reduce reactivity. Problem-focused work breaks larger issues into smaller, manageable steps so a person can test changes and measure what helps in daily life.Another helpful approach is strength-based collaboration which highlights a person’s existing abilities. This begins by identifying what already works and builds on those habits to face hard moments. Together the therapist and client decide which methods to try and adjust them as needed, so the treatment fits personal goals and preferences.
Online therapy supports these methods through flexible modes of contact. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided practice, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and live chat or text messaging can provide quick reflections, reminders, and between-session coaching. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, parenting, or busy schedules while exploring approaches that suit each person.
Questions people ask about Laura
What concerns does she address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, sleep issues, addictions, relationship strain, and parenting worries. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, codependency, and trauma-related problems.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Sessions emphasize practical steps and the client’s strengths. Conversations focus on naming patterns, trying small experiments, and building daily coping skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 26 years of professional work experience in behavioral health and social work in Mississippi. That experience spans crisis work, family concerns, and longer-term therapy.
What are her credentials and base location?
She holds an MS and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing in Mississippi.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions may be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options allow flexible ways to connect based on preference and need.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps begin the process of working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that, schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.