Laura Edmonds , LPC

Laura Edmonds is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who focuses on helping women navigate stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, trauma, and life changes. She uses clear, practical conversations to help people identify goals and take steps toward them. Sessions are meant to be a steady, supportive place to talk through feelings and everyday problems.

With three years of counseling experience, she draws on tried approaches like cognitive behavioral methods and motivational interviewing. Those tools help people notice unhelpful thoughts, try small behavior changes, and find motivation to move forward. Laura also brings trauma-focused methods when past events continue to affect daily life.

In session she works side by side with each person to strengthen coping skills and improve communication. She helps people practice new ways of handling conflict, reduce anxiety-driven behaviors, and manage cravings or impulses tied to substance use. Therapy is framed as a collaborative effort toward clearly named goals.

Clients can expect focused, practical steps alongside open listening. Laura pays attention to family of origin issues, body image, grief, and parenting strain as they come up. She also addresses mood disorders, panic attacks, postpartum struggles, and compassion fatigue in everyday terms.

Her approach blends direct skill-building with encouragement and curiosity. People who want straightforward strategies and a compassionate conversational therapist may find this a useful fit.

How these approaches translate to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and aligning work to each person's goals. In online sessions that looks like the therapist reflecting back what matters most and helping someone name the next steps they want to try.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people spot thoughts that worsen mood and test new behaviors. Online CBT often uses short exercises between sessions, thought records, and step-by-step plans that fit into daily life. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on reducing the ongoing impact of past events by pacing exposure and teaching calming skills. Delivered remotely, it can include grounding practices and careful skill rehearsal before addressing difficult memories.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with the client to weigh their needs, goals, and preferences and then adjust methods over time. That shared planning helps ensure sessions stay practical and focused.

Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video is useful for deeper conversations and practicing skills together, phone calls can be a simpler option when bandwidth is low, and chat or messaging work well for brief check-ins or weekly support. These options increase flexibility and help people keep consistent momentum toward their goals.