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Laura Johnson

Family-focused counselor for practical solutions

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
5 years
Licensed in
Wisconsin
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Laura

Laura Johnson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Wisconsin. She brings five years of counseling experience and focuses on family and parenting concerns alongside a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth.

She aims to make sessions practical and respectful of each person’s priorities. She trained in client-centered methods and mixes that with other approaches to fit each family’s needs. In conversation she listens for patterns that affect day-to-day life, then helps people try small, doable changes.

Background and approach

Sessions tend to focus on clear goals and simple skills you can use between meetings. Parents often come for help with sleep, eating, behavior, and parenting stress. She also works with anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma and grief, and relationship or intimacy concerns.

Additional focuses include attachment and blended family issues, caregiver stress, communication problems, and challenges after separation or divorce. Her toolbox includes cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based work, and strategies from dialectical behavior therapy. Those methods are used in a practical way to manage emotions, reduce unhelpful thinking, and improve family connections.

The emphasis is on steady steps that fit family life. Outside of work she spends time with family and her dogs, enjoying the outdoors and local trails. The aim in therapy is the same simple goal - help people move toward days that feel more manageable and more connected.

How her approaches fit online care

Laura uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is practical and goal-focused, which can make it easy to use during video or phone sessions when learning new skills matters most.

She also draws on attachment-based therapy to look at patterns in relationships and family life. That work helps identify how early connections affect current parenting and partner interactions, and it can be done through conversations online as family dynamics are discussed.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice is collaborative and may shift as work progresses.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy family schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from home, phone sessions remove travel time, and live chat or text-based messaging can support short check-ins or practice between sessions. These options make it easier to fit consistent care into family life while focusing on skills and changes that matter.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Laura address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family issues, depression, trauma and grief, parenting concerns, sleep and eating problems, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, and other listed areas.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are collaborative and down-to-earth with a client-centered foundation. She listens, sets practical goals, and teaches skills that people can use at home.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of counseling experience working with a range of issues and populations in Wisconsin.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, WI LPC 7222-125, and practices in Wisconsin.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience
5 years
Licensed
Wisconsin
Languages
English

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