Laura Braswell, LCSW

Laura Braswell is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Florida. She brings three years of professional clinical experience to her practice and offers a calm, direct approach for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship struggles. She frames therapy as a partnership and speaks plainly about practical steps clients can take to feel better.

Laura draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-focused ideas, mindfulness, and client-centered methods. Sessions focus on small, actionable changes - shifting unhelpful thoughts, building healthier routines, and practicing new ways to relate to others. She also uses motivational techniques when clients want support making major life changes such as recovery from addiction or career transitions.

Her work often addresses parenting challenges, adoption and foster care issues, fertility and family concerns, and complicated grief. She also helps people dealing with body image, eating and sleeping struggles, anger, and low self-esteem. Clients with concerns about intimacy, codependency, commitment, or communication can expect direct conversation and skill practice.

Laura describes therapy as both practical and personal. She draws from life experience to empathize without minimizing difficulty. The sessions balance goal-oriented exercises with space to process emotions and values.

People who prefer straightforward guidance, structured tools, and a cooperative relationship with their therapist may find her style helpful. She offers video, phone, chat, and text options to fit different schedules and needs.

How Laura Uses Practical Therapies Online

Laura commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with concrete experiments, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood. ACT emphasizes values and committed action, helping people take steps toward a life they care about even when difficult feelings remain.

She also draws on attachment-based ideas to help people understand relationship patterns and client-centered listening to make space for each person's perspective. Together these approaches aim to give clear tools and steadier ways of relating to others and to oneself. Deciding which mix to use is collaborative; she will talk with clients about goals and try approaches that fit their needs and preferences.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full sessions with exercises and feedback. Phone can be lower bandwidth and easier to fit into a break from work. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, tracking goals, and step-by-step coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around busy lives and changing schedules.