Laura Thompson, LPC

Laura Thompson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey with 25 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and complicated life changes. Laura guides clients through relationship struggles, intimacy concerns, and issues like body image, eating, sleeping, and parenting stress.

Her background includes long-term work with people facing trauma, addiction, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive patterns, and attention challenges such as ADHD. She also focuses on concerns tied to divorce, domestic violence, infidelity, jealousy, and veteran or armed forces issues. She brings steady, practical support when emotions feel overwhelming.

In sessions she uses straightforward, evidence-informed approaches. Those include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), and Client-Centered Therapy. Laura adapts methods to each person’s goals and daily life rather than following a single method.

Her style is warm, direct, and collaborative. She listens first, then helps people set clear, manageable steps to reduce distress and rebuild confidence. Many clients come for help with self-esteem, anger, social anxiety, or recovery from past abuse.

Laura aims to make therapy practical. She helps clients learn skills they can use between sessions, such as coping strategies for panic, ways to manage intrusive thoughts, and tools to strengthen emotional awareness and self-love.

How evidence-based methods work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on choosing actions that align with personal values, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for panic, OCD patterns, and social anxiety. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding and naming emotions so people can respond differently to hard feelings and improve emotional connection and regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up day to day. Together they decide which approaches to try and adjust the plan over time based on what helps most.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow check-ins during transitional periods. They also let people use shorter or more focused sessions when helpful, or choose lower-bandwidth options if needed. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and EFT techniques to online settings so clients can practice skills between meetings and apply them in everyday situations.