Works with
- Anger
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
How Laurie works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LSCSW
- Licensed in
- Kansas
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Laurie
Laurie White is a licensed social worker in Kansas who brings eight years of practice to each session. Laurie uses a straightforward, respectful approach to help people facing strong emotions, life changes, and ongoing stress. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps they can try between sessions.
Laurie helps people who are coping with addiction, trauma and abuse, relationship and family strain, parenting challenges, grief, sleep problems, anger, anxiety, and depression.
Background and approach
She also supports people managing work stress, compassion fatigue, and attention-related concerns. Sessions aim to identify patterns and build skills that fit each person's daily life. Her work blends approaches that center relationships, present-moment awareness, and skill-building.
Laurie listens closely and shapes the conversation to each person's needs rather than following a fixed script. She emphasizes clear goals and small, manageable changes. People who prefer direct feedback and practical tools may find this style helpful.
Laurie often combines cognitive strategies with mindfulness and emotion-regulation skills to address intense feelings and impulsive reactions. She encourages trying new behaviors and reviewing what helps. Laurie describes therapy as a collaborative process.
She works alongside people to set realistic goals and to adapt techniques as progress is made. The focus is on making daily life more manageable and on rebuilding a sense of control and hope.
What Laurie works with
Everything Laurie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Laurie's practice.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Approaches Laurie lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-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 Laurie’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Laurie draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early and current relationships shape emotional reactions. This approach helps people notice patterns in close relationships and try different ways of connecting that feel safer and more effective.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT is useful for problems like anxiety, depression, sleep disturbance, anger, and many stress-related issues because it breaks big problems into small, doable steps.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Laurie treats therapy as a collaboration and will help figure out which methods fit a person's goals, needs, and preferences. She adjusts techniques over time and checks in about what is or isn’t working.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or full conversations when video is not practical. Text and chat are useful for brief reflections, homework prompts, or ongoing problem-solving between sessions. Video lets people practice new skills while the therapist watches and offers immediate feedback. Together these formats provide flexibility and multiple ways to stay connected to support.
Questions people ask about Laurie
What concerns does Laurie commonly address?
She helps people with addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, parenting stress, grief, sleep problems, anger, anxiety, depression, and related concerns such as codependency and caregiver stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is down-to-earth and goal-oriented with an emphasis on listening, practical skills, and adapting plans to each person. She mixes emotion-focused and behavioral strategies depending on needs.
What is her professional background?
Laurie has eight years of clinical experience working in settings that address addiction, family conflict, trauma, and parenting challenges.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She holds the LSCSW credential and is licensed in Kansas.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Laurie offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How does billing and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing the short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.