About Laura
Laura Rubenstein is a licensed clinical social worker with 22 years of professional experience in Illinois. She focuses on practical help for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma. Laura aims to meet each person where they are and build steps forward that feel doable.
She spends sessions listening closely and responding with clear suggestions. Conversations are shaped around a person's goals, whether that means reducing daily anxiety, managing anger, or handling life changes.
Background and approach
She also helps people work through relationship strain, family conflict, parenting pressures, and concerns related to LGBT identities. Laura tailors the pace and content of sessions to individual needs. She explains options, tries out techniques together, and adjusts approaches when something doesn’t fit.
The work is practical and focused on small changes that add up in everyday life. Her style is warm and respectful, with an emphasis on sensitivity and compassion. She invites questions and encourages people to be active partners in the process.
Taking the first step can feel hard, and she aims to make that step easier to take. Laura supports people who are coping with career stress, low self-esteem, parenting strain, and ADHD-related challenges. She helps clients clarify priorities and develop routines and strategies that support better daily functioning.
Over time the goal is clearer decision making and more manageable days.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Laura uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and symptom relief. One common approach emphasizes skill building and structured strategies to manage anxiety and improve routines; it helps people reduce overwhelm and build consistent daily habits. Another approach centers on processing trauma and building coping skills so past events cause less disruption in current life. These techniques aim to make everyday tasks easier and improve emotional regulation.Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods together, and adjust plans based on what fits the person's needs and preferences. Clients are invited to give feedback so sessions stay focused on meaningful progress.
Online therapy offers flexibility and multiple ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins or on-the-go conversations, and text-based messaging is useful for brief updates and follow-up between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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