About Laurie
Laurie Eddleston is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in California. She has twenty years of experience helping people who are facing stress, anxiety, grief, and big life changes. Laurie focuses on practical support for parenting concerns, self-esteem struggles, and midlife transitions.
She takes a compassionate, straightforward approach in sessions. Laurie helps people make sense of their feelings and find concrete ways to cope. Conversations focus on clearer communication, rebuilding self-worth, and day-to-day strategies to manage anxiety and stress.
Background and approach
Laurie also works with issues that come up around aging and caregiving. She supports people dealing with caregiver strain, blended family challenges, and attachment or family-of-origin concerns. She will listen for patterns that cause repeated pain and help people try different ways of relating.
Her style is collaborative and person-centered. Sessions are a space to be heard, name what matters, and set small goals. Laurie helps clients practice new skills between meetings so change can stick in everyday life.
Laurie offers several online session formats to fit different needs. She speaks English and provides services under her California LCSW license. If someone is trying to decide whether to begin therapy, she helps them weigh practical next steps and set a pace that feels manageable.
Approaches that shape online care
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques often include short-term, skills-focused methods that teach practical coping tools for anxiety and stress. These approaches break problems into manageable steps, help people practice new responses, and focus on changes that can be used each day.A strengths-based, person-centered approach concentrates on the person's goals and values. The therapist and client identify what matters most, then work together to build self-esteem, improve communication, and set realistic steps toward those goals.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Laurie will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, and then recommend a blend of methods that feel like the best fit. The plan can change as progress is made or new concerns arise.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation when that feels helpful. Phone sessions can work well with lower bandwidth or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide brief, on-the-go options for extra support between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English