- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and loss
- Depression support
About Laura
Laura Small is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Massachusetts with over 10 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and people coping with life changes. Laura also supports those dealing with relationship and communication problems, caregiving strain, chronic illness, adoption and foster care issues, and attachment concerns.
Her sessions are conversational and interactive. She draws on cognitive-behavioral techniques alongside humanistic and psychodynamic ideas to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different ways of responding. She uses clear, practical steps when clients want tools for anxiety or mood management, and she listens for how life events affect a person's sense of direction and purpose.
Clients can expect a focus on specific problems such as commitment worries, body image, or stress from caregiving. Laura pays attention to past experiences that shape current behavior, and she helps people weigh options when facing work, health, or relationship changes. The work often includes skill-building, problem solving, and reviewing what does and does not work.
She frames therapy around real-life goals rather than labels. Laura avoids stigmatizing language and keeps discussion direct and respectful. For people who feel stuck after a job change, breakup, illness, or loss, she helps sort priorities and consider next steps without promising a single solution.
To begin, prospective clients follow the site process to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session. The subscription used for sessions can be canceled at any time.
How evidence-based approaches translate to remote sessions
Laura integrates cognitive-behavioral techniques that focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors; this approach is often used for anxiety and depression and gives concrete tools to try between sessions. She also draws on psychodynamic ideas that look at how past experiences influence current patterns, which can help when people feel stuck after big life changes. Humanistic principles inform a respectful, person-centered conversation about goals and values.Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist and client review which techniques feel useful and adjust the plan based on goals, preferences, and how life circumstances are affecting progress. The emphasis is on practical steps and checking in about what helps.
The biography does not specify session formats here, so please confirm current online options before booking. In practical terms, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for check-ins when schedules change. Some formats may work better for shorter problem-focused check-ins, while others support longer exploratory conversations. Discussing format and frequency during the first appointment helps match sessions to everyday life and responsibilities.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Massachusetts
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and people coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include caregiving stress, attachment issues, adoption and foster care topics, and chronic illness.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is interactive and conversational. She blends practical cognitive-behavioral techniques with humanistic and psychodynamic ideas to identify patterns and try new responses.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She has over 10 years of clinical practice experience working in outpatient settings. That experience includes work with trauma, mood concerns, and complex life changes.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) holding an MA and practices in Massachusetts.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with an initial appointment?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the site process.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.