Laura Husband , LCSW

Laura Husband is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 17 years of practice in community mental health. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strains, grief, and the fallout from trauma. She is LGBTQIA+ affirming and aims to create a respectful space for people to talk through hard moments.

Laura centers the relationship in therapy and keeps conversations simple and direct. She listens first, then helps clients set clear goals. Sessions often include practical tools for coping, calming techniques for anxiety, and steps to improve communication at home.

Her background includes long-term work with people affected by physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. That experience shapes how she approaches safety, pacing, and trust in sessions. She also supports people dealing with mood disorders, bipolar symptoms, panic, and sleep problems.

Therapy draws on client-centered work along with cognitive behavioral strategies and dialectical behavior skills. Mindfulness practices and emotionally focused ideas are used when they fit a person’s needs. Laura also uses motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change.

Sessions are offered from Illinois and are conducted in English. People can expect straightforward conversation, symptom-focused techniques, and a collaborative plan for change. Laura aims to help people build routines and skills that carry into daily life.

How Laura’s Approaches Translate to Online Care

Client-centered work focuses on what matters to the person in the room and builds a trusting, collaborative relationship. This approach helps people feel heard and guides goal-setting in ways that fit their life.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises and homework. It is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and sleep problems because it gives clear steps to try between sessions.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication. Those tools can help with anger, mood swings, self-soothing, and relationship conflicts.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of therapy. The therapist will work together with each person to choose techniques that fit their goals and day-to-day routine. That collaborative process adapts as progress is made and as needs change.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for longer sessions and exercises that need visual cues. Phone calls can fit into a work break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework prompts, or when someone prefers writing. These options make it easier to get ongoing support and to use skills in real life.