About Laurie
Laurie Jolly is a licensed social worker with 38 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical, person-centered therapy and supports people who are facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, trauma, and mood concerns. Laurie works from a respectful, strengths-based stance and aims to help people take steady steps toward clearer goals and better daily coping.
Laurie uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help with painful thoughts and feelings, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to notice and change unhelpful patterns.
How Laurie works
Attachment-based ideas guide work on relationship and intimacy issues, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills help with strong emotions and distress tolerance. In sessions Laurie encourages clients to name small, manageable changes. She listens closely and helps people sort priorities, practice new skills, and build routines that make life feel steadier.
Laurie also offers coaching-style support when clients want help with career choices, life transitions, or clarifying purpose. Her practice includes a wide range of concerns such as addictions, ADHD, compassion fatigue, bipolar and other mood disorders, panic attacks, and personality-related struggles. Laurie also addresses family problems, blended family issues, caregiver stress, infidelity, and domestic violence-related impacts.
Laurie provides therapy in English and accepts international clients. She is based in Michigan as an MI LMSW and combines practical skill-building with an affirming, client-centered attitude. To begin, people complete a short questionnaire and schedule sessions that fit their timing.
Laurie lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
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
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 38 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then take actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on finding and shifting unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns so daily life feels more manageable; it often helps with depression, panic, and mood concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns show up now and helps people build clearer communication and safer connections in current relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Laurie collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and comfort level. Together they try strategies, notice what helps, and adjust the focus over time so therapy meets practical needs.
Online sessions offer flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging can let people reflect between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, handle sudden stressors, and continue support while traveling or living abroad.
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