Laura Pascal

Laura Pascal is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) practicing in New Jersey with 20 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting challenges, relationship concerns, and questions about life purpose. She also supports people dealing with caregiver strain, chronic illness, midlife shifts, and workplace stress.

She favors a collaborative, person-centered way of working. Sessions focus on listening, clarifying what matters, and finding small steps that fit into daily life. Conversations move between practical problem solving and looking at personal stories that shape choices.

Laura uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors. She draws on Mindfulness practices to build steady attention and reduce reactivity. Narrative therapy helps people rewrite stories that keep them stuck, while Motivational Interviewing supports change when motivation wavers.

Across sessions she aims to help people make clearer decisions about work, relationships, and caregiving responsibilities. Expect straightforward talk, some skill-building, and follow-up between sessions when helpful. The work often includes goal-setting and checking whether new approaches are making a difference.

Her office is in New Jersey and she works in English. People who live outside the United States are not currently accepted. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session.

How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions

Laura often uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening closely and responding to what the person brings to the session. This approach helps when someone needs to clarify values or sort through conflicting feelings.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify patterns of thinking that contribute to stress or low mood. CBT involves trying small experiments between sessions to test out different ways of thinking and behaving.

Mindfulness Therapy is used to build attention and reduce reactivity. Simple practices are introduced during sessions and practiced in daily life to help manage anxiety and carryover from caregiving or chronic stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and help decide which methods match a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. That decision is made together and can shift as progress is reviewed.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. These practical benefits often help people maintain consistency while they work through career, relationship, or life-purpose questions.