Laura Pascal, LPC

Laura Pascal is a licensed professional counselor with 20 years of experience who helps people handle stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and parenting strain. She works with individuals facing life changes, relationship tensions, career doubts, and questions about identity and purpose. Laura aims to make therapy clear and practical so busy parents can use what they learn right away.

Her sessions are collaborative and person-centered. She listens for each person’s values and everyday pressures, then helps them name priorities and try small changes. Laura uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. She also draws on mindfulness and narrative approaches to help people feel steadier in day-to-day life.

Over two decades she has supported people dealing with chronic illness, caregiver stress, blended family dynamics, divorce and separation, and veteran or first responder concerns. She also helps with isolation, midlife questions, and career crossroads. Her work includes attention to LGBT issues and compassion fatigue for helping professionals.

Sessions are offered from New Jersey and conducted in English. Laura meets with clients by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Costs vary depending on location and a subscription model is used that can be canceled at any time.

To begin, a person selects the Start Therapy button and completes a short matching questionnaire. Scheduling is then arranged according to therapist availability.

How therapy approaches fit into online sessions

Laura uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thought patterns that fuel anxiety and low mood, then test new behaviors to see if they work. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow each person's pace and priorities, offering empathy and reflective listening so clients feel heard as they sort things out. Mindfulness Therapy is used to build moment-to-moment awareness and reduce reactivity, which can help with stress, grief, and chronic pain.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Laura will discuss goals and try methods that match a person’s needs and preferences. She treats the process as collaborative, adjusting techniques as progress and feedback emerge.

Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more convenient. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and teaching skills, phone is a lower-bandwidth option for longer talks, live chat can fit brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options allow clients to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or medical needs while using approaches like CBT and mindfulness in real time.