- Addictions
- Trauma
- Client-centered
About Laura
Laura Westbrook is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) with seven years of clinical experience in Tennessee. She focuses on addictions, trauma and abuse, mood concerns including depression and bipolar, anxiety and stress, relationship and intimacy issues, and support for LGBT people. She also helps with grief, family and communication problems, and coping with major life changes.
Laura uses a person-centered approach that treats the client as the expert on their life. She aims to be a guide who listens, asks questions, and offers practical tools. Sessions may include discussion, developing coping strategies, and drawing on creative resources like books, music, or media when helpful.
Her early interest in mental health came from concerns about care in the criminal justice system. Much of her practical work has been in nonprofit settings focused on addictions and trauma. That background means she is used to working with people affected by substance use and complex stressors related to trauma.
She has experience supporting people across sexual orientations and varied religious backgrounds. She has also worked with clients living with HIV and with chronic illnesses that change daily life. Laura says humor and ordinary connection are useful parts of her work when they fit the client.
Outside of work she draws on her own experiences of moving between regions while growing up and studying. Those life changes shaped how she listens to people adjusting to new jobs, relationships, or locations. Simple coping skills and steady conversation are common parts of her practice.
How her approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions using this approach look at connection, trust, and recurring relationship worries to help reduce clinginess, avoidance, or fear of abandonment. Client-Centered Therapy puts the client at the center of the work. In online talks this means the therapist listens closely, follows the client's lead, and offers feedback and practical options rather than directing the process.Choosing an approach is collaborative. She will talk through goals, try methods that fit the client's needs, and adjust based on what helps. That means starting with conversations about what matters now and which strategies feel useful, then building from there together.
Confirm the exact session formats before booking, as the profile does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten a lunchtime check-in, or meet without traveling to an office. Some approaches translate well to shorter check-ins while others suit longer conversations, and she will discuss what rhythm and format make sense for daily life.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Alabama, Tennessee
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with addictions, trauma, anxiety, depression, bipolar, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, stress, and related concerns listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a person-centered approach that treats the client as the expert and combines practical tools, conversation, and sometimes media or literature as resources.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of clinical experience, with prior work primarily in nonprofit settings addressing addictions and trauma.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is an LPC licensed in Alabama and Tennessee and practices out of Tennessee.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the profile does not specify which formats are used.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
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