About Laura
Laura Duffy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey with nine years of clinical experience. She offers a warm, nonjudgmental approach and works alongside people trying to manage stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, and mood-related concerns. She aims to help clients set clear, achievable goals and to regain a sense of agency and self-worth.
She uses a person-centered stance that treats each client as the expert on their life.
How Laura works
Sessions focus on collaborative goal-setting and tracking progress so adjustments can be made when something is not working. The therapist encourages gentle accountability and builds on strengths to confront shame, guilt, and impulsive patterns. Laura blends practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to challenge unhelpful thinking and DBT skills to manage overwhelming emotions and impulsivity.
Motivational interviewing techniques are used when exploring readiness for change, especially around substance use or process-related behaviors. Mindfulness practices are introduced to reduce anxiety and improve moment-to-moment coping. Her background includes care across community and hospital settings, and experience with varied levels of treatment such as inpatient and outpatient programs, intensive outpatient, and partial hospitalization.
That range informs how she tailors plans for people navigating co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns. People who feel stuck by grief, shame, addiction, or persistent mood swings may find a practical, compassionate ally in her. She focuses on rebuilding self-esteem, strengthening coping skills, and helping people move toward the life they want.
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What Laura works with
The areas below are the ones Laura selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
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Online support options
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and following the client's lead. Online sessions use that stance to focus on what matters most to the person and to set goals together. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) teaches skills to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which works well in short exercises and homework between online sessions. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) offers emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills for intense moments and impulsivity, and those strategies can be practiced in live sessions and reinforced via messaging.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose and adapt techniques based on needs, goals, and preferences. Together they will monitor progress and switch strategies when something feels unhelpful or isn't producing results.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for interactive skill teaching and deeper conversation, while phone sessions can fit a shorter check-in or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for brief updates, coping skill reminders, or when someone prefers writing over talking. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into everyday life.
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