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About Laura

Laura Duffy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey with nine years of clinical experience. She takes a warm, nonjudgmental approach that centers on each person's goals. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, addiction, trauma, grief, and ADHD-related challenges.

Laura draws on straightforward, practical methods in sessions. She listens first, then works with the person to set clear, achievable steps. Sessions often include skills practice for managing strong emotions, improving focus, and reducing impulsive urges.

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Background and approach

Her background includes work in community agencies and hospital settings across multiple levels of care. That experience includes outpatient and inpatient services, intensive outpatient programs, partial hospitalization, and medication-assisted treatment. She has worked with people facing co-occurring substance use and mental health challenges.

In therapy she emphasizes collaboration and measurable goals. People track progress together and adjust plans when needed. Her style aims to rebuild self-esteem, increase self-efficacy, and reduce isolation through steady small changes.

Laura also brings experience supporting those coping with severe or persistent mood disorders and trauma. She uses client-centered listening along with practical tools from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches to help people handle panic, cravings, and overwhelming emotions. Sessions are offered in English and are available via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.

Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Laura uses client-centered therapy to create a calm, respectful space where the person leads the conversation. This approach focuses on listening, understanding each person's experience, and building goals together to make steady progress.

She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT helps people spot unhelpful thinking, test new behaviors, and develop routines that improve mood, reduce anxiety, and support attention and focus. Dialectical behavior therapy contributes skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, which are useful when emotions feel overwhelming or impulsivity is a problem.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss needs, try methods, and adjust techniques based on what is most helpful. Clients are invited to give feedback so sessions match their goals and preferences.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for interactive skill practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can fit a busy schedule or lower bandwidth situations. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework support, and ongoing encouragement between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
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Questions people ask

What issues does Laura help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, addictions, bipolar disorder, and ADHD among other concerns. She also addresses codependency, impulsivity, and isolation.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is warm and nonjudgmental and centers on the person. She collaborates to set measurable goals and uses practical skills to manage emotions and behavior.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of experience working in community and hospital-based programs across multiple levels of care. That includes inpatient, outpatient, IOP, and partial hospitalization settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - practicing in New Jersey.
In which languages can I work with her?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription 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 schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience
9 years
Licensed
New Jersey
Languages
English

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