Lawrence Flynn
Calm, practical support for parents and adults
- Credentials
- LICSW, LCSW
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed in
- Florida, Wyoming, Virginia
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Lawrence
Lawrence Flynn is a licensed social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, sleep problems, low self-esteem, depression, ADHD, addictions, relationship and family struggles, parenting challenges, trauma, and anger. He uses straightforward talk and practical steps so parents can feel heard and find clearer next actions.
His tone is calm and respectful, and he aims to make therapy approachable for people juggling busy lives. He holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and has 25 years of experience in behavioral health and wellness.
Background and approach
Lawrence adapts each conversation to what a person needs right now, focusing on strengths and workable changes rather than long lectures. Sessions are paced to fit what works for the individual, whether they need short-term coaching or more steady support. Lawrence often combines client-centered ways of working with cognitive behavioral strategies and DBT skills to address harmful thinking and improve coping.
He also uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing tools when those methods fit the goals. The focus is on practical skills a person can use between conversations. He provides services from Florida and frames therapy as a collaborative process.
Lawrence describes treatment plans that match a person’s goals and life situation, and he adjusts approaches as progress is made. Parents and adults who want clear steps and steady support may find his style useful. His communication-focused methods include chat and text options alongside voice and video.
That flexibility lets people pick formats that suit their schedules and comfort levels.
How therapy approaches can work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on your priorities and values. The therapist listens, reflects, and helps you set goals based on what matters most. This approach is useful when you want a respectful, collaborative space to sort through family or parenting concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and replaces them with more useful patterns. It is practical for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems, and parenting-related stress because it emphasizes small changes you can practice between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. These tools help with anger, relationship conflicts, and moments when emotions escalate quickly.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try approaches that fit, and adjust based on what helps. That collaborative process makes it easier to settle on strategies that feel doable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options let people connect from home, while commuting, or between errands. The variety of formats supports different needs - longer video sessions when deeper conversation is needed, or chat and text for quick check-ins and ongoing support.
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.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Wyoming, Virginia, Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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