About Laurie
Laurie McNamara is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Delaware with five years of professional experience. She focuses on clear, practical help for people who feel overwhelmed and want steady steps forward. Laurie aims to meet clients where they are and works to build a plan that fits each person’s life.
She commonly helps with stress, anxiety, and depression. She also supports people dealing with relationship strain, low self-esteem, career setbacks, and big life changes.
How Laurie works
Laurie offers assistance when trauma, grief, intimacy concerns, compassion fatigue, or ADHD get in the way of everyday functioning. Laurie uses straightforward conversations to identify what matters most to each person. She draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioral work and solution-focused strategies to set concrete goals.
Motivational interviewing and narrative techniques are used when clients want to deepen their motivation or reframe difficult stories. Sessions are practical and collaborative. Laurie listens first, then suggests small experiments and steps clients can try between meetings.
She adjusts the pace and tools based on how each person responds. Her background includes five years of clinical work supporting adults through career transitions, caregiving strain, and first responder concerns. Laurie prefers a respectful, compassionate style and aims to help people feel more capable and in control.
If someone is ready to take a step toward change, she offers steady support and clear next steps.
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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
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Delaware |
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Online support options
Approaches that fit everyday life and online care
Laurie uses cognitive behavioral approaches to help people notice unhelpful thought patterns and try different behaviors. This work is useful for anxiety, low mood, and stress because it focuses on clear links between thinking and feeling. She also uses solution-focused methods that concentrate on your goals and the small steps that move you toward them, which can be helpful for decision points like career moves or relationship problems.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Laurie will collaborate with each person to decide which methods feel most useful for their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice can change over time as progress is made or new challenges appear.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls are helpful for longer, face-to-face conversations. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging let people communicate in short bursts, keep a written record of ideas, or check in between scheduled meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while staying focused on practical steps and real-world change.
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