- 25 years experience
- Relationship and trauma
- Practical coping tools
About Laura
Laura Phen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 25 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with anxiety, relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, and depression. Her approach is warm and straightforward. She aims to make it easier for someone to talk about what feels overwhelming and to find small, practical steps forward.
Clients can expect a space that centers their needs and voice. She emphasizes listening first and then helping people choose strategies that make sense for their life. That may mean working on habits that affect sleep, managing stress, or improving communication in close relationships.
Her background includes long-term clinical work with adults facing a range of concerns such as grief, anger, self-esteem, career pressure, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, chronic illness, and postpartum or seasonal mood shifts. Work often blends understanding emotional patterns with practical coping tools.
Therapy draws on client-centered methods along with cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior techniques, plus mindfulness practices. Those approaches are used in simple, concrete ways so people can try them between sessions. The goal is to reduce distress and increase choices in day-to-day situations.
To start, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to the therapist's availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Language of service is English and services are provided from South Dakota.
Therapeutic approaches and how they translate to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. The therapist follows the person's concerns and helps them name what matters most, which can ease difficult feelings and clarify goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) uses clear, practical steps to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) offers skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal interactions, which can help with anger, relationship strain, and self-control.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to identify which methods fit a person's needs, goals, and daily life. Sessions often mix listening, skills practice, and concrete homework so people can test what helps between meetings.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and let people use written exercises or audio-guided mindfulness between sessions. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and DBT tools to remote sessions so people learn and practice skills where they live and work.
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Experience
25+ years
Credentials
Washington, Oregon, Illinois, Utah, South Dakota, Arizona
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with adults on relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, anxiety, depression, grief, stress, sleep problems, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, career stress, and related concerns such as codependency and burnout.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is client-centered and collaborative. She listens first, then helps people try practical tools from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches along with mindfulness practices.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 25 years of professional experience working in clinical settings and with individuals on a broad range of emotional and relational issues.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds the LPC credential and practices from South Dakota. The listed licensure includes Arizona LPC and Oregon LPC as credential details.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.