About Laura
Laura Sternberg is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and major life changes. Her style is compassionate and straightforward, aiming to make therapy practical and understandable.
She often helps people who feel isolated, ashamed, or disconnected. Sessions focus on building resilience and finding clearer ways to cope. She also supports clients dealing with grief, addiction, anger, career strain, and intimacy-related concerns.
How Laura works
Laura uses several therapy approaches to fit each person's needs. She draws on mindfulness practices to help calm the mind and build awareness. She uses narrative and solution-focused techniques to clarify problems and set concrete steps forward.
She has eight years of experience as a counselor. That background includes work with trauma, compassion fatigue, and issues around caregiving and aging. Her experience also covers attachment and family of origin concerns without assuming the same approach fits everyone.
Therapy sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Sessions are provided in English and follow Missouri licensing standards. When someone wants to begin, the process starts with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling that fits the client's needs.
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
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approach-focused online therapy for trauma and stress
Laura often combines EMDR and Mindfulness Therapy to address trauma and ongoing stress. EMDR involves guided attention and processing aimed at easing distress linked to past events, which can help people who have intrusive memories or strong emotional reactions. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve moment-to-moment coping, useful for anxiety, depression, and stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, symptoms, and preferences, then suggest methods to try. This is worked out together and can change over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video sessions let people use body language and visual contact, phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on practical progress and coping skills.
Start online instead of waiting
Our partner service asks a few questions about what you are looking for and matches you with a therapist for sessions from home.
Book with LauraWe will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.
Common questions
What concerns does Laura commonly address?
What is her therapeutic style like?
How much clinical experience does she have?
What are her credentials and where is she based?
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
What session formats does she use?
How does payment and getting started work?
A practical next step
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.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. Entries are not assessed or endorsed by this directory.
Other entries for stress, anxiety
Supportive LCSW helping people build strength and clarity
Practical, trauma-aware therapy for everyday life
Practical, relational therapy for life transitions