About Laura
Laura Shughart is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who offers practical, focused support for people facing hard moments. She brings eight years of experience and a calm, straightforward style. She aims to make the first step feel manageable for a worried parent or an overwhelmed person.
Her practice centers on listening closely and building goals together. She uses client-centered care to meet people where they are and helps them find their own strengths.
How Laura works
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools are used to change unhelpful thoughts and build new habits. Laura works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, anger, and addictions. She also helps with relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, self-esteem, caregiver stress, and mood disorders such as bipolar.
Other focus areas include adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, body image, and issues related to BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture. Sessions often include practical skills practice, problem solving, and concrete steps to manage symptoms day to day. Motivational Interviewing is used when people want to change behaviors but feel stuck.
Mindfulness exercises are offered to reduce reactivity and improve focus. Laura practices in Colorado and holds LCSW and CSW credentials. Sessions are offered in English and delivered online by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
The aim is clear: steady, practical support to help people move forward.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Sleeping disorders
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, CSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person's goals, making sessions feel collaborative and respectful. This approach helps when someone needs a space to talk things through and find their own answers.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets the thoughts and habits that keep problems going. It uses clear, concrete exercises and homework to tackle anxiety, sleep issues, depression, and addictive behaviors in step-by-step ways.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds skills for handling strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and stabilizing relationships. It can be useful when emotions feel overwhelming or reactions are causing problems.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about needs, goals, and preferences and will shape sessions together. That cooperative process helps match tools and pacing to what actually helps.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full sessions and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth or movement is limited, live chat can support shorter check-ins, and messaging is handy for ongoing prompts or brief updates. These options help make therapy fit into busy lives and varied schedules.
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