- Stress and anxiety
- Life purpose work
- Communication skills
About Laverne
Laverne Hoffler-Duckworth is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with ten years of clinical experience based in Pennsylvania. She works with people who are facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, grief, addiction concerns, and questions about life purpose. Sessions are conducted in English and she focuses on practical steps people can use day to day.
She uses approaches drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy. That means sessions often include learning new coping skills, spotting unhelpful thinking patterns, practicing communication, and setting concrete short-term goals. The work tends to be practical and skills-focused rather than purely talk-based.
Laverne pays attention to cultural background and women's issues, and she notes experience with blended family dynamics, codependency, workplace stress, and social anxiety. She also supports people dealing with shame, guilt, isolation, panic attacks, and intimacy-related concerns. Her focus includes parenting challenges and navigating difficult life transitions.
Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and fees vary with location. International clients are not accepted. To begin, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and then schedules a first session through the site’s online options.
People looking for concrete strategies to manage overwhelming feelings or to explore what comes next often find this approach helpful. The emphasis is on clarifying next steps, improving communication, and building everyday coping skills.
How her therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Her work draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing as core tools. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against everyday evidence, which helps with anxiety, depression, and panic symptoms. Motivational Interviewing helps people clarify what matters to them and strengthen motivation for change, which is useful for addictions, workplace goals, and life-purpose questions.Finding the right approach is part of the process. She will collaborate with each person to decide which combination of methods fits their needs and goals. That means sessions may shift between skill practice, structured problem solving, and goal-focused conversations depending on what the client wants to accomplish.
The practice offers online options through the site; confirm current session formats before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so clients can attend from wherever they are. Licensed professionals adapt exercises, worksheets, and behavioral experiments for virtual sessions so the work stays practical and focused.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania, Florida, New Jersey, Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she focus on?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, grief, addictions, trauma, parenting, anger, ADHD, and related areas such as codependency, isolation, and life purpose.
How does she approach feeling stuck or directionless?
Her style uses practical, skills-based methods from CBT, DBT, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy to identify patterns and set small, achievable steps toward change.
What is her background and experience?
She has ten years of clinical experience working with a range of emotional and relational concerns, including workplace stress, blended family dynamics, and social anxiety.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LPC and LMHC credentials and practices in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions billed?
Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time and fees vary depending on location.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling your first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.