Laura Boettger
Compassionate trauma-informed counseling
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Laura
Laura Boettger is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in Florida. She offers a calm, nonjudgmental space for people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and major life changes. She works with adults across a range of emotional struggles and helps them find clearer steps forward.
Her style adapts to each person’s needs, from open, client-led conversations to more structured, skills-based work. Laura has about ten years of professional experience as a Florida licensed mental health counselor, FL LMHC MH14657.
Background and approach
She uses practical tools alongside trauma-focused methods to address symptoms like dissociation, post-traumatic stress, and intense shame or guilt. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is one of the trauma therapies she is trained in and may use when appropriate. Her work often centers on helping people process difficult past experiences, including involvement in high-control groups or relationships.
She also supports people navigating transitions, such as changes in identity, roles, or life direction. Sessions mix emotional processing with concrete skills for managing anxiety, impulsivity, or overwhelming emotions. Laura draws from approaches such as Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Narrative Therapy.
She matches the method to the client’s goals and comfort level, aiming to make therapy practical and understandable. People who choose Laura typically want a steady, experienced guide through confusing or painful experiences. She emphasizes collaboration, clear pacing, and helping clients find a pathway toward greater stability and self-understanding.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Laura uses EMDR and elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in her online practice. EMDR is a trauma-focused method that helps people process distressing memories and reduce their emotional charge. DBT teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their history, symptoms, and goals. Sessions may begin with a gentle exploration, followed by a plan that mixes processing and skill-building as needed.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this work. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from home, while phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging provide flexible ways to stay connected between sessions. These formats can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue progress during transitions or when travel is difficult.
Attachment-Based Therapy
Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dissociation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
Next step
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