Laurie Carlton, LPC

Laurie Carlton is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia with 14 years of experience. She focuses on practical steps people can take when life feels overwhelming. Laurie keeps sessions straightforward and goal-oriented to help clients move forward. She helps people who struggle with stress, anxiety, and depression by breaking concerns into manageable parts. Laurie uses techniques that target thoughts, behaviors, and daily habits so clients can see small changes quickly. She also supports those facing relationship strain, intimacy issues, parenting stress, and career challenges. Laurie works with people coping with trauma, grief, addiction, or bipolar challenges and those dealing with anger, low self-esteem, or feeling isolated. She pays attention to patterns such as codependency, control issues, impulsivity, and communication problems. First responder issues and compassion fatigue are also within her focus. Her approach includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts affect feelings and actions. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for managing intense emotions and Mindfulness Therapy to help people stay present. These methods are used in simple, concrete ways during sessions. Clients can expect a collaborative process where goals are clear and progress is tracked. Laurie aims to make each session useful, with strategies to practice between meetings. She encourages people to recognize small successes and build on them over time.

How Laurie Uses CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness Online

Laurie uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that lead to anxiety or low mood. CBT sessions focus on practical exercises, such as behavior experiments and thought records, that clients can try between meetings to notice change.

She also incorporates Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer interpersonal communication. DBT-style skills are useful when emotions feel overwhelming or when relationships keep repeating painful cycles. Mindfulness Therapy is used to build attention to the present moment and reduce reactivity through simple breathing and noticing exercises.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Laurie collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, symptoms, and daily life. She adjusts strategies as progress is made and checks in frequently to see what helps.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls support face-to-face interaction and guided exercises, phone sessions can fit into a short break or require less bandwidth, live chat allows focused check-ins, and messaging helps keep momentum between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to continue work consistently.