Laura Shughart, LCSW, CSW - Therapist in Colorado

About Laura

Laura Shughart is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with eight years of practice in Colorado. She uses a compassionate, client-centered style that emphasizes the person's own knowledge and strengths. Laura aims to make therapy straightforward and practical for people facing stressful times.

Many find her calm, steady presence helpful when they need someone to walk alongside them. She focuses on common life struggles like stress, anxiety, addiction, sleep problems, anger, and depression.

Background and approach

Laura also addresses relationship and family concerns, grief, intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, career questions, bipolar and other mood concerns, and coping with major life changes. Additional topics she works on include adoption and foster care, attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, and communication difficulties. Laura draws on several evidence-based methods.

She uses Client-Centered Therapy to build a respectful, collaborative space. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps break unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and mindfulness techniques offer concrete tools for managing intense emotion and staying present.

She brings practical skills like motivational interviewing to help people find the reasons and motivation to change. Sessions are offered in English and delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. The practice uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time.

To begin, a person selects the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire, and schedules sessions according to therapist availability.

How Laura’s approaches translate to online therapy

Laura uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a collaborative space online where the person’s goals and values lead the work. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting what matters to the client, and helping them choose next steps that feel right.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to tackle specific patterns that keep problems going. In short sessions CBT breaks down thoughts, feelings, and actions and provides practical exercises to try between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and mindfulness techniques are used when emotions become overwhelming; they teach concrete breathing, grounding, and emotion-regulation skills that translate well to video or phone sessions.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process. The therapist works together with the person to decide which approaches fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative decision can shift as progress is made and new issues come up.

Online therapy offers flexibility for people juggling work, family, and other demands. Video calls let you have face-to-face conversation from home, phone sessions remove the need for video, and live chat or text-based messaging provide shorter, real-time check-ins. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent around a busy life while still using the same therapeutic techniques.

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.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Laura address?

She works with stress, anxiety, addiction, sleep issues, anger, depression, relationship and family matters, grief, intimacy-related concerns, self-esteem, career questions, bipolar and mood disorders, and coping with life changes. A wider set of focuses includes adoption and foster care, attachment issues, body image, and caregiver stress.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is compassionate and client-centered. She collaborates with people and emphasizes their strengths while using practical tools to support change.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Laura has eight years of clinical experience working with a range of concerns and life transitions in Colorado.

What credentials and region are listed for this therapist?

She is credentialed as LCSW and CSW with CO LCSW CSW.09924974 and practices in Colorado.

Which languages are used in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How does payment and cost work?

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

How do I get started with therapy?

Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling sessions according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Sleeping disorders

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 8 years
Licensed: Colorado
Languages: English

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