About Laurie
Laurie White is a licensed social worker in Kansas who brings eight years of clinical experience to her practice. Laurie uses clear, down-to-earth language and a calm presence to help people who are feeling stuck or overwhelmed. She focuses on everyday problems like anxiety, depression, stress, sleep trouble, and ADHD-related challenges.
She has supported people facing addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, and parenting strain. Laurie pays attention to attachment and relationship patterns that affect daily life.
Background and approach
She adapts conversations and steps to fit each person's situation rather than following a one-size-fits-all plan. Laurie draws on client-centered methods to keep sessions focused on what matters most to the person in front of her. She uses cognitive behavioral tools to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and mindfulness practices are used when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are priorities. In sessions Laurie aims to make action feel simple and doable. That might mean short experiments between meetings, skill practice, or clearer routines for sleep and stress.
She helps people build practical habits that reduce daily strain and improve focus. Her style is respectful and straightforward, with an emphasis on realistic steps. Laurie encourages honest conversation about goals and obstacles and adjusts her approach as needs change.
How Laurie’s Approaches Work Online
Laurie uses client-centered methods to keep conversations focused on the person’s priorities. This approach means sessions start with listening and then shape goals together so therapy feels relevant and useful. It helps when someone needs practical problem solving or clearer direction for everyday life.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT offers simple exercises and habits to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or manage ADHD-related distractibility. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills may be introduced when stronger emotion regulation or distress tolerance is needed, with clear skill practice that can be used between sessions.
Finding the right blend of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try different tools, and adjust methods based on what helps most. Clients and the therapist decide together which strategies to keep, adapt, or pause.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, skill coaching, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, school, or family demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Kansas
- Languages
- English
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