About Laura
Laura Christensen is a licensed clinical social worker in Minnesota with three years of experience. She helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and the fallout from trauma or abuse. She also supports people facing life changes who want steadier coping skills.
She centers the conversation on each person's story and strengths. Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between meetings. Laura uses a calm, straightforward style and aims to make therapy feel manageable and clear.
How Laura works
Her work often addresses deeper worries such as abandonment, guilt, or chronic illness and pain. She helps people untangle control issues, communication problems, and feelings of isolation. Laura pays attention to how daily routines and relationships affect mood and motivation.
Clinically, she draws on client-centered therapy to follow what matters most to the person. She also uses dialectical behavior therapy - DBT - skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. For those affected by traumatic memories, she offers EMDR as one possible approach.
Laura encourages small, steady changes. She helps set realistic goals and teaches tools to manage strong feelings. The approach is collaborative: the person and therapist work together to find what helps in real life.
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Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Minnesota |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Laura uses client-centered therapy to follow what matters most to each person. That approach emphasizes listening and shaping sessions around the person's goals, so practical concerns get prioritized. It helps when someone needs a collaborative space to make decisions and build confidence.She also uses dialectical behavior therapy - DBT - skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal communication. DBT techniques are useful for managing intense feelings and reducing reactive behaviors through clear, step-by-step skills practice.
EMDR is offered for people who carry intrusive memories from trauma. It focuses on processing distressing memories to reduce their emotional charge, and can be combined with other approaches when needed.
Choosing the right method is part of the work together. Laura will discuss goals, try approaches that fit the person's needs, and adjust methods based on progress and preference. The process is collaborative and paced to each person's comfort.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls let the therapist and person meet face to face for in-depth work. Phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited or when a lighter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer brief, flexible ways to share updates or get support between longer appointments.
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