Works with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
How Laura works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Laura
Laura Stapp is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people work through relationship strain, family conflict, trauma, parenting challenges, and anger. She aims to create direct, respectful conversations so clients can describe what matters and start making small changes. Her style is straightforward and supportive, with an emphasis on practical steps people can use between sessions.
With 20 years of experience in California, she draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address difficult memories and current patterns that keep problems repeating.
Background and approach
She listens for how past losses, attachment struggles, or adoption-related issues shape present reactions. That helps shape a plan that fits each person's life and goals. Sessions often focus on improving communication, managing strong emotions, and building clearer boundaries.
She works with people facing domestic violence histories, divorce or separation stress, caregiver strain, and body image concerns among other issues. Her approach balances attention to safety and concrete tools for handling conflict and intense feelings. Laura believes clients are the experts on their own lives and brings a collaborative attitude to treatment.
She helps people identify strengths, practice new responses, and track small wins. The emphasis is on steady progress rather than quick fixes. People can expect a practical, respectful process that connects real-life problems to skill-building and emotional work.
The goal is more calm in daily life, clearer choices, and better ways of relating to others.
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.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Young adult issues
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Laura uses proven therapeutic techniques to help people process trauma and manage strong emotions. For example, trauma-focused cognitive behavioral methods focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts, practicing new coping skills, and gradually addressing painful memories to reduce their hold on daily life. These approaches can help with anxiety, anger, and reactions that come from past hurt.She also draws on methods aimed at attachment and adoption-related concerns, which look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Work in this area often involves understanding relationship triggers, practicing communication skills, and strengthening a sense of self to improve connections with others.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they choose techniques and adjust the plan as progress is made so the work matches real needs and daily life demands.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video allows face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone can be easier with lower bandwidth, and chat or messaging can work for brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other responsibilities while maintaining continuity of care.
Questions people ask about Laura
What concerns does she address?
She helps people with relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, parenting struggles, and anger. Additional focus areas include attachment, adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, and communication problems.
What is her approach to therapy?
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and a direct, respectful communication style. Sessions focus on practical skills, emotion regulation, and connecting past experiences to current patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of professional experience working with people on relationship, family, trauma, parenting, and anger-related concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing in California.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.