About Laura
Dr. Laura Riness helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression. She also supports people facing life changes, parenting challenges, sleep problems, anger, and compassion fatigue.
Dr. Riness addresses relationship and intimacy-related concerns and offers coaching around motivation and ADHD-related struggles. She emphasizes a calm, open space where people can talk without judgment.
Conversations focus on real-life problems at home, work, and in relationships. The first sessions tend to map what matters most and set simple goals to work toward.
How Laura works
Her style blends practical skills with attention to how emotions and early bonds affect current life. She uses approaches that help people notice patterns, try different behaviors, and build stronger connections. Sessions often include small experiments and focused reflection rather than long lectures.
Dr. Riness brings seven years of professional experience to her work. Her credential is LPCC, which she holds in Minnesota.
That background informs how she organizes sessions and follows through on treatment plans. She is attentive to multicultural concerns and issues like adoption, foster care, postpartum depression, and the effects of prejudice and discrimination. People looking for help with grief, divorce, blended family challenges, or infidelity will find those topics addressed in therapy.
Conversations are practical and paced to fit each person. Over time the aim is clearer routines, fewer reactive moments, and more confidence in daily choices.
Laura lists 9 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
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Minnesota |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional responses; it helps people understand why they react a certain way and practice different responses. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience and priorities, giving space for people to set the pace and topics of each session. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety or depression and improve daily functioning.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they try methods and adjust them so work in sessions matches real-life needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different days and moods. Video lets people use visual cues for relationship work, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is low, chat can suit quick check-ins, and messaging supports short reflections between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep progress steady over time.
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