About Laura
Laura Henckler is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Maine who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She emphasizes practical steps to rebuild confidence and improve day-to-day coping. Laura also supports those managing relationship strain, grief, trauma, eating and body image concerns, and career or parenting stress.
She brings 17 years of clinical experience to each session and tailors care to the person in front of her.
How Laura works
Sessions focus on clear goals and skills you can use between meetings. Communication and trust are key parts of her work with partners who want better connection and problem-solving. Laura uses a mix of approaches to fit individual needs and preferences.
She draws on methods that teach coping skills, shift unhelpful thinking, and strengthen emotional awareness. Motivational techniques are used when people need help finding momentum to change. Her style aims to be direct and compassionate.
She offers practical tools for anxiety, mood shifts, ADHD challenges, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses specific concerns like postpartum depression, money stress, and midlife transitions. People who choose Laura usually want straightforward support that combines talking through issues with skill-building work.
She helps clients set realistic steps and track small wins along the way. The focus is on progress that fits real life.
Laura lists 6 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
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maine |
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Online support options
Approaches that fit your life online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take small committed steps toward those values, even when feelings are uncomfortable. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns, and teaches concrete skills to change behavior and improve mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers tools for regulating intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Laura will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match goals, preferences, and the challenges at hand. That process may combine elements from different approaches and adapt as progress is made.
Online therapy provides practical flexibility. Video calls allow a deeper conversational feel, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quick check-in, and text-based messaging supports ongoing contact between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain momentum, and practice new skills in daily 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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