About Launa
Dr. Launa Duffy welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, or big life changes. She is Dr.
Launa Duffy, MD, LCPC, and she writes plainly with practical support in mind. Her approach aims to help people manage everyday struggles and work toward clearer goals. She uses a mix of practical tools and conversation to address concerns like depression, career stress, addiction, grief, trauma, and trouble sleeping.
How Launa works
Sessions focus on small, doable steps and clearer thinking. She helps people notice what matters most and take actions that match those values. Her background includes four years of clinical experience, with work across emergency and outpatient settings earlier in her career.
That range shaped how she assesses urgent problems and follows through with manageable plans. Her medical degree and LCPC credential are part of her clinical foundation. Dr.
Duffy draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, along with attachment-focused ideas and emotionally-focused work. She blends those methods to match each person’s needs rather than using one fixed style. People can expect straightforward conversation, goal-oriented tasks between sessions, and time to make sense of painful experiences.
She also assists with parenting concerns, relationship struggles, and caregiving stress. The work is collaborative and paced to fit each person’s life. If someone prefers online work, she offers multiple remote session formats and helps clients figure out which suits them best.
Launa lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Launa works with
The areas below are the ones Launa selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Online support options
How therapy methods adapt to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions that match those values. It often suits people dealing with anxiety, life transitions, or low motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like depression or anxiety. It is practical and skill-based, with exercises people can use between sessions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people change how they connect and react in important relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what fits best. This collaborative process means methods can be blended and changed as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use visual cues and deeper conversation. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be a shorter check-in. Live chat and text work well for brief check-ins, homework feedback, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue work between sessions.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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