About Laurie
Laurie Norris is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) based in Michigan. She brings eight years of clinical experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, parenting concerns, depression, relationship and family problems, and trauma. Laurie writes and speaks plainly in sessions so people can understand immediate next steps.
She focuses on practical tools and emotional connection. Sessions often include checking what feels most urgent, naming what gets in the way, and trying small changes to see what helps.
How Laurie works
Laurie uses approaches that center on relationships, thoughts and behaviors, and present-moment awareness to make therapy useful in day-to-day life. Many people come to Laurie with sleep problems, low self-esteem, or difficulty coping with life changes. She also addresses addiction concerns, compassion fatigue, intimacy-related worries, and ADHD-related challenges.
Additional focus areas include abandonment and attachment concerns, blended family issues, caregiver stress, codependency, and struggles tied to family of origin. Laurie draws on attachment-based and emotionally-focused ideas to help people improve connection and heal from relational wounds. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns, and mindfulness practices to build calm and attention.
Together these methods shape a straightforward, collaborative plan for change. Sessions are conversation driven and action oriented. Laurie helps people set small, achievable goals and track progress.
She aims to make therapy feel like a steady place to try different approaches and find what works.
Laurie lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Attachment-based work focuses on how relationships shape feelings and behavior. It helps people spot patterns from past relationships and try new ways of connecting. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers concrete tools to test unhelpful thoughts and build new habits that reduce anxiety and improve mood.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That might mean starting with relationship-focused work, then adding CBT skills and mindfulness practices as goals become clearer.
Online therapy makes those approaches easier to fit into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when seeing facial cues matters. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when internet bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework support, or people who prefer writing. These options give flexibility for regular contact and help people keep momentum between sessions.
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