- Anxiety focused
- Skill building
- Collaborative care
About Laura
Laura Hawkins is a Licensed Master Social Worker who helps adults manage anxiety, stress, relationship strain, and big life changes. She commonly works with people who seem fine on the outside but feel overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected inside.
Laura uses a structured and practical approach. Sessions focus on learning clear tools for calming anxious thoughts and managing strong emotions. Work in therapy is collaborative - clients and Laura set goals together and practice skills that can be used day to day.
She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques such as cognitive strategies for shifting unhelpful thoughts and skills for tolerating intense feelings. Attachment-focused work is used to look at how early relationships shape current patterns and reactions. The aim is to reduce overwhelm and build steady routines that support recovery from trauma and burnout.
Laura has nine years of clinical experience in Michigan and supports adults facing issues like obsessive worrying, trauma reactions, communication and control struggles, and the strain of major transitions. She emphasizes concrete changes rather than only talking about problems.
Sessions are offered in English. If someone is ready to better understand their anxiety, improve emotional stability, and make practical changes, Laura guides that process with compassion and clear structure.
How evidence-based strategies translate to online care
Laura uses several evidence-based techniques in clear, simple ways. Cognitive-behavioral strategies focus on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments to reduce worry and panic. Dialectical behavior skills offer practical tools for tolerating strong emotions and improving distress tolerance during high-anxiety moments. Attachment-focused ideas help clients notice repeating relationship patterns and choose different ways of relating to others.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and day-to-day life, and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Confirm current session options before booking because formats are not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow short check-ins when days are tight. It also makes it simpler to practice new skills in real-life settings and then bring observations back into sessions for review.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Michigan
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and major life changes. Additional focuses include attachment issues, codependency, communication problems, and feelings of isolation.
What is her approach to therapy?
The approach is structured, practical, creative, and compassionate. Therapy emphasizes collaborative goal setting and learning concrete tools to manage anxiety and strong emotions.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years of clinical experience working with adults on anxiety, OCD, trauma, burnout, and relationship difficulties.
What credentials and location information are provided?
She holds an LMSW, which is a Licensed Master Social Worker credential, and she practices in Michigan.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin scheduling sessions?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.