About Laurie
Laurie Mombay is a Maryland-based clinician with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and trauma. She works with individuals who are worn down by grief, compassion fatigue, sleep problems, or mood swings and wants to help them feel more in control. Laurie focuses on practical steps and real tools rather than long theory talks.
Her work blends straightforward cognitive-behavioral strategies with skills drawn from dialectical behavior therapy and solution-focused techniques.
How Laurie works
Sessions often include clear practices clients can try between meetings. Laurie emphasizes action - learning new habits, testing small changes, and tuning responses to triggers. Laurie trained in pastoral counseling at Loyola College while spending most of her career in secular settings.
Her background includes outpatient care, employee assistance programs, victim advocacy, and corrections. That variety shaped a flexible approach to common and complex problems. Her style is compassionate and nonjudgmental while still challenging people to shift unhelpful patterns.
She helps clients turn insight into workable plans. Laurie pays attention to family of origin issues, impulsivity, personality and mood disorders, panic and phobias, and other concerns listed in her specialties. People find practical coping skills, clearer thinking about life purpose, and step-by-step plans for change in her sessions.
Laurie conducts therapy in English and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. She practices in Maryland and holds MD and LCPC credentials.
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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
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Laurie uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT often involves identifying patterns, testing new ways of thinking, and practicing different responses to stress and anxiety.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy when mood regulation and emotional control are central concerns. DBT skills teach practical techniques for managing intense feelings, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Laurie will discuss your goals, needs, and preferences and help choose or combine methods that fit your situation. The plan can shift as progress is made and new priorities emerge.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs. Video lets you keep a face-to-face rhythm, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins or when typing is easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between sessions.
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