Laurie Carlton, LPC

Laurie Carlton is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia. She brings 14 years of experience to therapy and focuses on common life struggles like stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and motivation. Laurie emphasizes a respectful, strengths-based approach and encourages people to take the first step toward support.

Clients can expect clear, practical work in sessions. Laurie uses straightforward conversations to identify patterns that keep problems going. She helps people develop everyday skills for handling emotions, improving sleep, and managing impulses. Discussions often include ways to change unhelpful thoughts and build healthier routines.

Laurie draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice how thoughts affect mood and behavior. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. Mindfulness practices are offered to increase present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity.

Her background includes work with relationship concerns, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and issues like jealousy and infidelity. Laurie supports people facing career stress, parenting strain, and major life transitions. She also addresses specialty areas such as codependency, control issues, and first responder challenges.

Sessions are aimed at practical change and clearer decision making. Laurie frames clients as the expert on their own lives, and she partners with them to try new strategies. The tone in sessions is direct, compassionate, and focused on usable skills.

How CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness Can Work Online

Laurie uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot patterns between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT sessions typically focus on identifying unhelpful thinking and practicing new behaviors to ease anxiety, depression, or sleep problems.

She also teaches Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills that target emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and communication. DBT-style work can be useful for managing strong emotions, impulsivity, or conflicts in relationships.

Mindfulness therapy offers simple attention exercises that reduce reactivity and increase awareness of the present moment. These practices often help with stress, rumination, and staying grounded during change.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Laurie collaborates with each person to choose or combine techniques based on their needs, goals, and preferences. She encourages trying different strategies and adjusting them as progress is made.

Confirm the session formats available before booking, as options are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce commute time. These practical benefits can help people keep momentum while practicing new skills in day-to-day life.