About Vanessa
Dr. Vanessa Laurent uses practical, evidence-informed therapy to help people handle stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and identity concerns. She is a Connecticut psychologist (CT Psychologist 3919) and also licensed in Rhode Island (RI Psychologist PS01675).
She brings nine years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on clear, usable strategies parents and individuals can apply right away. Her style blends cognitive behavioral tools with acceptance-based and client-centered techniques. That means sessions often include tracking thoughts and behaviors, practicing acceptance and values-based actions, and focusing on each person’s goals.
How Vanessa works
She also draws on dialectical strategies and motivational interviewing to help with emotion regulation and change talk. Dr. Laurent has worked with people facing trauma, intimacy and relationship challenges, parenting stress, adoption and foster care concerns, fertility and immigration issues, and career or financial strain.
She helps clients address family of origin patterns, blended family dynamics, and communication problems in straightforward ways. She also supports people dealing with attention and impulsivity difficulties and body image or self-esteem struggles. Therapy sessions are tailored to what each person needs most.
Dr. Laurent aims to make therapy a problem-solving space where clients practice new skills between visits. She uses brief coaching tools when clients want focused, action-oriented work.
Sessions are offered in English and are available to international clients. People can connect by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits their schedule.
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What Vanessa works with
The areas below are the ones Vanessa selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | CT Psychologist, RI Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Connecticut |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How ACT and CBT Translate to Online Sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to clarify their values and take actions that match those values even when feelings are hard to sit with. Online sessions can focus on small, practical steps that fit daily life and values-driven goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and teaches concrete strategies to change them. In video or messaging sessions, CBT often includes practice assignments, thought records, and behavior experiments that people do between meetings.
Dr. Laurent will collaborate to find the right mix of approaches for each person. She works with clients to set goals, try methods, and adjust plans based on what helps most. Deciding which tools to use is an ongoing conversation guided by the client's needs and preferences.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people use visual cues and screen sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief coaching, check-ins, and stepwise skill practice between longer sessions, offering flexibility for work, parenting, or travel schedules.
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