About Laura
Laura Schwades is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. She emphasizes practical support and encouragement while clients work toward clearer goals. Laura speaks plainly and aims to make the first steps feel doable for someone who is worried or overwhelmed.
With 11 years of professional experience, she draws on proven therapeutic techniques to address trauma, post-traumatic stress, and patterns like impulsivity or abandonment fears.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on building strengths, improving communication skills, and increasing motivation and confidence. Laura encourages small, achievable changes that add up over time. Her style is collaborative and respectful.
She treats each person as the expert on their own life and helps them find the strategies that fit their situation. That means talking through practical tools, setting realistic goals, and adjusting the plan as progress is made. People can expect straightforward conversation and actionable steps.
Laura helps identify what’s contributing to difficulties and practices new ways of handling stress or strong emotions. Work often includes learning to recognize triggers, practicing alternative responses, and strengthening coping skills. Laura is licensed in Florida as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC.
She offers sessions in English and uses formats that fit different needs, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Many effective therapeutic approaches focus on skills and practical change. One common approach emphasizes learning coping skills to manage anxiety and strong emotions. It teaches simple tools for breathing, grounding, and shifting unhelpful thoughts so daily stress feels more manageable. Another approach focuses on processing trauma and post-traumatic stress by helping people safely describe what happened, reduce avoidance, and build new ways to respond to reminders and triggers. This can reduce the hold traumatic memories have on day-to-day life.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist works together with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and changing course when something isn’t a good fit.
Online sessions make this work more flexible. Video calls bring face-to-face conversation when deeper discussion is needed. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier for a quick check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share thoughts in writing, pace the conversation, and fit therapy into busy days. This range of formats helps match therapy to practical schedules and communication preferences.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also works with
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English