About Laurie
Laurie Ford is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina. She draws on six years of clinical practice to help people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, low self-esteem, depression, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue. Laurie blends practical therapy with attention to each person's values.
Sessions are focused on real life steps - learning coping skills, improving communication, and making decisions that feel right for the client.
How Laurie works
She also offers coaching-style support for people who want clearer goals and action plans. Her work includes attention to adoption and foster care questions, attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family dynamics, body image, caregiver stress, codependency, and issues around divorce and fatherhood. Laurie addresses shame, guilt, impulsivity, and feelings of emptiness in straightforward, paced conversations.
Laurie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide emotional healing. She helps people sort through painful experiences, build healthier patterns, and practice small changes that add up over time. Language used in sessions is plain and direct so next steps feel manageable.
Sessions are offered in English and are provided via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Laurie practices in North Carolina and holds the LCMHC credential for clinical work in that state.
What Laurie works with
The areas below are the ones Laurie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Laurie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach is skill-based therapy that teaches coping tools for anxiety, depression, and stress. These sessions emphasize breathing, grounding, and thought management techniques to reduce intense emotions and improve daily functioning.Another approach focuses on processing trauma and painful experiences in a paced way. This style helps people make sense of difficult events, reduce intrusive reactions, and build safer patterns in relationships and self-care. The goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Laurie will work with each person to identify their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they decide which techniques to try first and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy can make it easier to fit care into a busy life. Video calls support face-to-face interaction, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat lets someone check in quickly, and text-based messaging suits brief updates or symptom tracking. These options provide flexibility while keeping focus on practical steps and steady progress.
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