Laura Hank, LCSW - Therapist in Pennsylvania

About Laura

Laura Hank is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Pennsylvania. She brings 15 years of experience from schools, telehealth, and community outpatient settings. She creates an open, non-judgmental space where parents and adults can talk about stress, anxiety, grief, parenting struggles, and relationship problems.

Sessions focus on clear steps and practical skills rather than long lectures. Her style leans toward listening first and then working together on short-term goals.

Background and approach

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and mindfulness techniques. That mix helps with mood issues, anger, self-esteem, and life transitions. In sessions she helps people notice patterns in thinking and behavior and then tries small experiments to change them.

She teaches breathing and attention practices to reduce overwhelm and uses structured tools from CBT to shift unhelpful thoughts. Solution-Focused techniques keep work concrete and focused on what the client wants to see change quickly. Laura has experience supporting adults, adolescents, and families through common concerns like trauma and abuse, ADHD, body image, social anxiety, and young adult issues.

Her background in multiple settings means she adapts when a family needs practical strategies or a teen needs shorter, focused sessions. People who choose her can expect straightforward guidance, gentle challenge, and collaboration on realistic steps. She helps clients build skills they can use between sessions and checks progress along the way.

Approaches used online and how they help

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and meeting people where they are. It helps clients feel understood and supported while they consider change and make decisions at their own pace.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers simple tools to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors, which can be helpful for anxiety, depression, anger, and ADHD-related challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each client about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those needs. This collaborative process makes it easier to adjust techniques as progress is made.

Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone conversations, live chat, or text-based messaging. That range allows parents and adults to choose what fits a busy day, whether they need a quick check-in, a full conversation, or written tools they can revisit. The variety aims to make therapy more flexible and easier to keep up with between appointments.

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.

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 issues does she help address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, parenting and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship problems, self esteem, ADHD, and related mood or social anxiety issues.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her approach is compassionate and non-judgmental with an emphasis on listening first. She focuses on practical steps, teaching coping skills and small experiments to make daily life easier.

What is her professional background?

She has 15 years of experience working in schools, telehealth, and community-based outpatient mental health settings supporting adults, adolescents, and families.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, licensed in Pennsylvania with license number PA LCSW CW022669.

Which languages are supported and can she work internationally?

Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How does payment or cost work?

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

How do I begin working with her?

To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Anger management
Self esteem

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 15 years
Licensed: Pennsylvania
Languages: English

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