Laura Westbrook, LPC

Laura Westbrook is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who centers care on strong therapeutic relationships. She uses a person-centered style that treats the client as the expert on their life and aims to guide change with acceptance and empathy. Her voice in sessions is warm and often lightened with humor to make difficult topics easier to talk about.

She focuses on stress and anxiety among many other concerns, including addiction, trauma and grief. Laura has worked mainly in nonprofit settings where she supported people coping with addiction, trauma, chronic illness, and life changes. That background shapes how she listens and responds in session.

Laura draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. She also uses mindfulness and client-centered methods to help people notice thoughts and feelings without judgment. Motivational interviewing can be used when people are thinking about change and want practical next steps.

Sessions often include plain conversation, reflective listening, and tools chosen to fit each person. She uses books, articles, music, and media when those resources help move a conversation forward. The aim is to build skills that can be used between sessions to manage stress, handle relationship issues, or cope with grief.

Her training and work across different regions inform her cultural awareness. Laura values hearing each person’s story and helping them find steady ways to face everyday challenges and big life shifts.

How attachment, mindfulness, and client-centered work online

Laura uses attachment-informed and client-centered ways of working to help people understand how relationships shape current struggles. Attachment-focused work looks at patterns in close relationships and helps identify repeating behaviors or expectations that cause stress. Client-centered work means the therapist follows the person’s lead, listens closely, and helps clarify what matters most.

She also integrates mindfulness techniques to help people notice their thoughts and bodily responses without harsh judgment. Mindfulness can be useful for stress, anxiety, chronic pain, and when strong emotions get in the way of daily life. These approaches together aim to combine understanding with practical skills for day-to-day coping.

Finding the right fit is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adjust methods over time to match progress and comfort. This shared decision-making helps keep the work relevant and focused on real-life concerns.

Session formats are not specified in this profile, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals often adapt exercises, homework, and media-based resources so skills can be practiced between meetings and woven into everyday life.