Laurie Orbeck, LICSW

Laurie Orbeck is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with 17 years of clinical therapy experience in Minnesota. She focuses on practical, skills-based work and aims to help people manage stress, anxiety, mood challenges, and life transitions. Her approach emphasizes building on strengths so clients can handle hard moments more effectively.

Laurie centers sessions on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, using straightforward tools to identify patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and mindfulness to teach emotional regulation and present-moment coping. Sessions often include short exercises, practice assignments, and clear strategies clients can use between meetings.

Clients bring a wide range of concerns, including grief, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting stresses, relationship and communication problems, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also has experience with issues related to cancer, hospice and end-of-life counseling, veteran and armed forces matters, and postpartum depression. Laurie prefers a strengths-based stance and helps people notice what already works before adding new skills.

Therapy with Laurie is collaborative and practical. She works with people to set specific goals and creates step-by-step plans to reach them. Laurie encourages regular check-ins on progress and adjusts approaches as needed so work stays relevant.

Sessions are offered in English and delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Practical matters such as cost vary with location and are handled through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How Laurie’s Approaches Work Online

Laurie commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills in online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical skills to change them. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can be useful for intense emotions and impulsivity.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Laurie will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and daily life to decide which methods to try first. She checks progress and adjusts plans so the work stays focused on what the person needs and prefers.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is low, live chat or text-based messaging can support quick check-ins or ongoing coaching between meetings. These options let people fit therapy into work, family routines, or caregiving schedules while using the tools Laurie teaches.