Laura Salazar, LPC, LCPC

Laura Salazar is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with nine years of clinical experience. She centers sessions on the person in front of her and helps clients set clear, achievable goals. She frames therapy as a practical process to learn tools and strategies for everyday life challenges. Her work often focuses on stress and anxiety alongside other concerns.

In sessions she and the client build a plan that states what the client wants to accomplish. She draws from approaches such as Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to match interventions to those goals. Laura also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and Trauma-Focused ideas when they fit the situation. She emphasizes learning techniques that can be used between appointments.

She has experience addressing depression, grief and loss, and trauma and abuse. She also supports people working through relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, and struggles with self-esteem. Addictions and coping with major life changes are part of her practice as well.

Laura describes therapy as teaching and collaboration rather than lecturing. She helps people break larger problems into small, manageable steps. Sessions aim for practical changes and clearer thinking in daily life.

Laura practices in Illinois and offers services in English. Her combined LPC and LCPC credentials reflect licensure in Texas and Illinois respectively. Prospective clients choose goals, complete a matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on availability.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and understanding the client's perspective. It helps people feel heard and develop their own solutions by centering the conversation around their values and choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, stress, and depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes skill-building in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, and can be useful for intense emotions and relationship difficulties.

The therapist treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She will work with each person to decide which methods match their goals and preferences. That choice can shift over time as needs change, and sessions are adjusted to fit what’s most useful for the client.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people use tools and worksheets in between meetings so learning continues outside sessions. Ask about current session options when signing up to make sure they fit your schedule and needs.