- Guilt and shame support
- Attachment concerns
- Workplace stress
About Laura
Laura Smith is a Connecticut LCSW with 32 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing depression, anxiety, stress, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, and offers coaching for practical life challenges. Laura also focuses on issues like attachment, chronic pain and illness, communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and women's concerns.
She helps people talk through what they are feeling and why. Sessions often look at how past relationships affect present choices. Conversations may cover workplace stress, chronic health challenges, or the pain that comes with guilt and shame. Laura frames work in straightforward terms and uses approaches backed by research.
Her style is practical and focused on steps someone can try between sessions. She discusses thoughts, behaviors, and patterns and practices clearer communication skills. For people carrying guilt or shame, she explores where those feelings come from and what keeps them alive now.
Laura describes her orientation as evidence-based and secular. She aligns therapy with each person's values and life circumstances. She works in English and practices in Connecticut as an LCSW.
To begin, clients follow an online matching process and then schedule a first session. Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Confirm current session options before booking.
Evidence-based approaches and online work
Laura describes her practice as grounded in evidence-based therapeutic techniques. Two common approaches she uses are trauma-informed methods that help people process past harm and reduce its impact on daily life, and mood-focused strategies that address patterns in thinking and behavior linked to depression and anxiety. Trauma-informed work can help with post-traumatic stress and relationship harm, while mood-focused techniques are useful for managing low mood and persistent worry.She treats finding the best approach as a collaborative process. The therapist and client review goals, preferences, and responses to early sessions and then adjust methods as needed. This collaborative stance helps shape whether the work emphasizes processing memories, building skills, or practical coaching steps for life and work concerns.
The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, shorten commute time, or allow a quicker check-in when time is limited. Some formats also reduce the need to be on camera or require less bandwidth, which can help during a short break at work or when managing chronic illness. Licensed professionals will outline the available session arrangements during the matching and scheduling process.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
32+ years
Listed in
Connecticut
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with depression, anxiety, stress, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, and offers coaching for life challenges. Additional areas include attachment issues, chronic pain and illness, communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and women's issues.
How would she approach guilt and shame in sessions?
She examines where feelings of guilt or shame started and what keeps them active today. The work focuses on practical steps and conversations that help identify patterns and new choices.
What is her professional background?
She has 32 years of experience working in clinical settings and community care. That long practice informs how she responds to complex mood and trauma-related concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the credential CT LCSW and practices in Connecticut.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list explicit session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription payment that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.