Laureen Thomas

Laureen Thomas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in North Carolina with 20 years of professional experience. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. Laureen also focuses on workplace problems, panic attacks, social anxiety, and questions about life purpose.

Laureen believes people know their own story and can draw on strengths to move through hard times. In sessions she listens for where clients feel stuck and what patterns keep repeating. Conversations look at practical steps clients can try between meetings and ways to notice progress over time.

She helps people talk through communication troubles, control issues, guilt and shame, and the fallout of separation or divorce. For trauma and post-traumatic stress she attends to immediate coping skills and to longer-term ways of making sense of painful events. When grief or loss is present, sessions include space to name emotions and to plan manageable next steps.

Laureen works on everyday problems like feeling isolated or overwhelmed at work. She supports people who want clearer boundaries, more self-compassion, or help managing panic and intense anxiety. Her style centers on practical discussion and identifying small changes that build confidence.

To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. The subscription model is used for sessions and can be canceled at any time. Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are not accepted.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions

Laureen uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skill-building and on understanding patterns that maintain distress. One approach emphasizes teaching coping skills for anxiety and panic, such as breath work, grounding strategies, and short behavioral experiments to test what helps reduce symptoms. Another approach centers on processing traumatic events in measured steps, combining immediate stabilization techniques with careful reflection to reduce the intensity of intrusive memories.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That means checking in about what is helping, adjusting direction when something doesn’t fit, and agreeing on concrete goals together.

The practical benefits of online sessions include fitting meetings into a busy week and avoiding travel time so sessions can be scheduled around work or family commitments. If you want specific session formats, please confirm current options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online work aims to make it easier to maintain regular appointments and to try strategies in real life between meetings.