About Laurie
Laurie Kaufmann is a licensed clinical social worker in North Carolina who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and parenting challenges. She also supports concerns around self-esteem, motivation, and confidence. Laurie speaks plainly and focuses on small, practical steps that fit into everyday life.
She believes people are the experts on their own stories and brings a respectful, listening-first stance to sessions. Laurie uses tools from client-centered work and cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different responses.
Background and approach
Mindfulness and solution-focused ideas are woven in to keep sessions practical and forward-looking. Sessions aim to be collaborative. Laurie asks questions, reflects what she hears, and offers concrete exercises you can try between meetings.
She helps people break big problems into manageable steps and track what works. Clients can expect straightforward language and an emphasis on small, meaningful changes. Laurie draws on 15 years of experience to match approaches to a person’s needs rather than forcing one way of working.
She encourages people to use their strengths while trying new coping strategies. Taking the first step can feel hard, and Laurie acknowledges that courage. She welcomes questions about how therapy might fit into your life and discusses practical options for meeting by phone, video, chat, or text.
How client-centered and CBT tools work online
Client-centered work focuses on listening, reflecting, and helping you clarify what matters most. In online sessions this often means space to tell your story and leave with one or two practical ideas to try that week.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice thoughts and habits that keep problems going and then test new ways of responding. Over video or phone Laurie might guide a short thought record or a simple experiment you can report back on in the next session.
Finding the right approach is part of the plan. Laurie collaborates with each person to choose what fits goals, preferences, and daily demands. She may blend client-centered listening with CBT exercises or solution-focused steps depending on what seems most useful.
Online therapy offers different ways to connect. Video calls are useful for a full conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat or text-based messaging can be helpful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, and tracking progress between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting, or school commitments while using the approaches described above in a practical way.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English