About Laurie
Laurie Orbeck is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with 17 years of therapy experience. She bases her work in practical approaches and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addictions, and related concerns. Laurie practices in Minnesota and offers sessions in English.
Laurie uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as a main tool to identify unhelpful thoughts and change how they affect mood and behavior. She blends in techniques from Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
How Laurie works
Mindfulness practices and solution-focused methods help people notice what’s working and build on it. Sessions are straightforward and skills-focused. Clients can expect clear goals, simple strategies to try between visits, and regular check-ins about what’s helping.
Laurie emphasizes strengths and small, manageable steps rather than long lists of homework. She also has experience addressing more specific challenges like ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, obsessive-compulsive patterns, panic, and issues that arise around caregiving, hospice, or serious illness. Laurie supports people dealing with relationship or intimacy-related stress and the strain that comes from major life changes.
Her background in social services contributes to a practical style. Conversations tend to be direct, compassionate, and geared toward real-world coping. Laurie guides people to find tools that fit their daily life and helps them practice new responses until those skills feel familiar.
Laurie lists 4 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.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Minnesota |
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Online support options
How these approaches translate to online sessions
Laurie commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in her online work. CBT focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and helps people test and change unhelpful thinking patterns to reduce anxiety or depression. DBT emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness so people can manage strong feelings and improve relationships.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Laurie will discuss goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped before deciding on techniques. Together they choose practical tools and adjust them over time to fit the client's needs and pace.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face when that helps learning skills. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Chat and text messaging make it simpler to get quick coaching, practice coping tools between sessions, and maintain continuity on busy days. These options increase flexibility and make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life.
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