Laura Gryniewich-Franklin, MD, LCSW-C

About Laura

Laura Gryniewich-Franklin is a licensed clinician who blends practical skills with a steady, open presence. She holds an MD and is a Licensed Certified Social Worker - Clinical (LCSW-C). For nearly 20 years she has helped people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and parenting concerns.

She aims to make conversations straightforward and useful for busy parents. Her background includes outpatient therapy, in-home family services, education settings, and medical social work in Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Background and approach

That range gave her experience with family conflict, relationship strain, life transitions, and crisis work. She draws on real-world experience when suggesting steps that families can try between sessions. In sessions she uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.

She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple ways to calm the mind and reduce reactivity. Those tools are explained in everyday language and practiced in ways that fit family life. Laura emphasizes listening without judgment.

She aims to build a professional, trusting relationship where difficult topics can be spoken about honestly. Parents can expect direct feedback, concrete strategies, and collaborative goal-setting. She works with a wide range of concerns including parenting stress, relationship and family issues, caregiving strain, infertility and fertility-related stress, workplace problems, and compassion fatigue.

Sessions focus on practical coping, clearer communication, and steps to reduce overwhelm.

Online approaches that fit busy family life

Laura uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and change small behaviors that cause stress. This approach is useful for anxiety, depression, parenting stress, and workplace problems.

She also teaches Mindfulness Therapy, which offers simple breathing and attention practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotional awareness. Mindfulness can help with grief, overwhelm, and compassion fatigue by creating brief moments of calm in a busy day.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and what feels doable at home. Plans are adjusted as progress is made and new concerns arise.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to connect from home, coordinate around childcare, and follow up between meetings with short messages or exercises.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What problems does she address?

Laura focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting and family issues along with caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, and relationship concerns.

What is her therapy style like?

Her work is straightforward and collaborative. She uses active listening, practical suggestions, and helps set small goals families can try between sessions.

How much experience does she have?

She has nearly 20 years of experience across outpatient services, in-home family work, education, and medical social work.

What credentials and where is she based?

She holds an MD and is an LCSW-C with license number MD LCSW-C 18521, and practices in Maryland.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can sessions be done remotely?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for remote work.

How are sessions paid for?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I get started?

Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Grief

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 20 years
Licensed: Maryland
Languages: English

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