Laurie Norris , LMSW

Laurie Norris is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) practicing in Michigan with eight years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, parenting challenges, and life transitions. Laurie also supports clients dealing with trauma, addiction concerns, relationship and family issues, and struggles with self-esteem and sleeping.

Laurie uses straightforward language and a collaborative style in sessions. She centers the person's experience and works with them to identify next steps. Her approach aims to help people regain a sense of direction and practical control over daily life.

Her work draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships affect current patterns. She also uses client-centered methods to follow each person's priorities and pace. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to address thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going.

Laurie incorporates emotionally-focused work and mindfulness practices when those fit a client's needs. That might mean learning tools to soothe strong feelings or slowing down to notice patterns in thinking. She adapts methods to the person's goals rather than sticking to a single script.

People who come to Laurie often want practical help with clear next steps. She is comfortable talking about parenting strain, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and sensitive topics such as abandonment and attachment wounds. Sessions aim to be goal-oriented while keeping compassion at the center.

How different approaches translate to online care

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current connection and trust. Online sessions can focus on patterns in relationships, helping people notice how attachment shows up in stress, parenting, and intimate moments. Client-centered therapy emphasizes the person's own goals and pace, with the therapist following what matters most to the client; this is easy to do online through conversational check-ins and goal-setting. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and gives concrete exercises to practice between sessions, such as tracking thoughts, testing beliefs, and trying new behaviors. These tools can be taught and reviewed in video, phone, chat, or text formats.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about their needs and try methods that fit their goals and preferences. Together they review what works, adjust techniques, and set small, achievable steps.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility: video calls are useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging is helpful for brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy day and to continue work on coping skills from wherever the person is located in Michigan.