- LCSW clinician
- Guilt and shame focus
- Cognitive and narrative methods
About Laura
Rev. Laura Gillom is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Mississippi with 15 years of psychotherapy experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, addictions, relationship and family concerns, and difficulties with forgiveness, guilt and shame.
She combines practical talk with focused steps. Sessions often involve identifying patterns that keep someone stuck and trying small experiments to change them. Laura draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to notice thoughts and behaviors, and on Narrative Therapy to help people tell a clearer story about what happened and what it means to them.
She also uses Solution-Focused and Trauma-Focused approaches when they fit the situation. That can mean setting short-term goals, finding small improvements, and addressing the impact of past harm on current day-to-day life. Her work is interactive, with a balance of listening and offering concrete strategies.
People come to her when guilt or shame lingers after a choice, a relationship, or an old family pattern. She helps people separate current responsibility from burdens they inherited, and talks through practical ways to rebuild trust with themselves. Sessions aim to clarify next steps rather than promise a quick fix.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. The subscription used for sessions can be canceled at any time. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not accepted.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In online sessions this can mean noticing patterns together and practicing brief exercises between meetings to test new reactions. Narrative Therapy focuses on the stories people carry about themselves and the events in their past. In video or phone meetings she helps people reframe those stories so they feel less defining and more descriptive.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. That collaborative process guides whether CBT, narrative techniques, solution-focused steps, or trauma-informed methods are emphasized in future sessions.
The biography does not specify which online session formats are used, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, shorten travel time, and allow brief check-ins when a full in-person visit would not be possible. They also let people use methods like homework exercises and structured behavioral experiments between meetings to support steady progress.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Mississippi
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, addictions, relationship and family issues, plus communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and isolation.
How would she approach shame or guilt in sessions?
She uses a mix of Cognitive Behavioral and Narrative techniques to look at unhelpful thoughts and the stories people tell about themselves, then tries practical steps to test new ways of thinking and acting.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of psychotherapy experience working with a wide range of emotional and trauma-related concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an MS LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - and practices in Mississippi.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.