About Laura
Laura Hattrup is a licensed social worker who helps people feeling stressed, anxious, depressed, or overwhelmed. She listens without judgment and focuses on practical steps to reduce distress. She works with individuals facing trauma, parenting strain, relationship concerns, grief, career challenges, and money-related stress.
With 16 years of experience, Laura draws on straightforward methods to help people find what works for them. She emphasizes a respectful, client-centered approach where the person's goals guide the work.
How Laura works
Sessions often include skills for managing strong emotions and thinking patterns that get in the way. Her background includes long-term practice in Kansas and experience addressing grief, abuse, compassion fatigue, and life transitions. She also offers coaching-style support for career and financial issues and for women navigating changes.
Laura uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small experiments that change outcomes. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas are used to set clear, achievable steps and keep momentum between sessions. People who choose Laura tend to be looking for down-to-earth help, clear coping strategies, and an approach that respects their pace.
Her style is calm and encouraging while remaining focused on real-life results. To begin, someone would complete an intake and then work with Laura to set priorities, try skills in daily life, and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Laura lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Registers | LSCSW, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kansas |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following each person's goals. The therapist reflects concerns, asks about priorities, and helps clients decide what to work on so sessions match their needs.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behavioral experiments. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and building practical coping skills.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness practices to notice emotions and physical reactions without getting swept away. These techniques can reduce reactivity and support calmer responses to everyday stressors.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they’ll try methods, adjust the plan, and keep what helps most.
Online sessions offer flexibility in how people connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and interactive skill work. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or work better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins or ongoing coaching-style support easier to fit into a busy week. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent and practical for everyday life.
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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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