- Client-centered approach
- Practical skill building
- Trauma-informed care
About Laura
Laura Brum is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with ten years of experience. She works with people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship strains, parenting stress, anger, ADHD, and mood concerns. She also supports those dealing with career challenges, intimacy issues, and LGBT-related questions.
Her style is warm and interactive. She treats people with respect and avoids stigmatizing labels. Sessions aim to be practical and approachable rather than overly clinical or intimidating.
Laura blends Client-Centered Therapy with cognitive-behavioral tools and elements from dialectical behavior therapy. She also uses eye movement desensitization and reprocessing and mindfulness practices when they fit a person’s needs. Together these approaches help people process past hurts, manage strong emotions, and build clearer goals.
In sessions she focuses on what a person wants to change. She helps set small, realistic steps and practices to try between meetings. Therapy includes talking things through, learning new skills, and checking what works in daily life.
Laura has a background in rural counseling settings and has worked with a wide range of concerns over her career. She emphasizes collaboration and tailors the plan to each person’s situation. If someone is ready to take a step toward change, she offers steady support and practical guidance.
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s own goals and lived experience. It emphasizes listening, empathy, and building on what already works in someone’s life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on practical skill building - identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to change mood and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal balance when emotions feel overwhelming.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals and preferences, and together they decide which methods to try first. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps and what feels manageable.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-in meetings when needed, and let people practice skills in their day-to-day settings. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, mindfulness practices, and EMDR-informed processing to remote formats when appropriate, and they will explain the practical steps for how sessions will run.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Colorado, Oregon
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps people with anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, bipolar and mood disorders, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting concerns, ADHD, and related challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is caring, warm, and interactive. She focuses on respect and avoids stigmatizing labels while working collaboratively with each person.
What is her background and experience?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with ten years of experience, including work in rural counseling settings and with a broad range of presenting concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LPC credential and is based in Oregon.
In what languages does she provide services?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to start working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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