- 20 years experience
- Client-centered care
- Practical strategies
About Laura
Laura Pascal is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in New Jersey with 20 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, parenting strain, and major life changes. She also supports concerns around relationships, self-esteem, career decisions, and coping with natural or human-caused disaster.
She keeps sessions focused and practical. Conversations aim to clarify what matters most and find steps that can be tried between meetings. She blends client-centered listening with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to help people make small, steady changes.
Laura draws on two decades of work with a wide variety of concerns, including compassion fatigue, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and issues that affect veterans and first responders. That background informs how she notices patterns and offers simple strategies for managing symptoms and everyday demands.
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She invites clients to define goals and tests approaches that fit their life. Motivational interviewing and narrative therapy also shape her work, helping people sort values and rewrite stories that get in the way of progress.
People seeking help with divorce, blended family questions, midlife transitions, or isolation often find the practical focus useful. Laura asks about daily routines, relationships, and current supports, then co-creates a plan that balances insight with doable action. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
How Laura’s approaches translate to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building understanding. In practice this means the therapist reflects what matters to the client and helps them set their own goals, useful for grief, life transitions, and questions about purpose.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. Online sessions often include brief exercises and homework to try between meetings, which helps with anxiety, depression, and coping strategies.
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices. These techniques can reduce reactivity, help manage stress, and support people dealing with chronic pain or ongoing worry.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and what feels most helpful, and then pick or combine methods in a collaborative way.
Confirm current session options before booking, since specific formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow more consistent check-ins. Some people use shorter sessions for quick check-ins or choose audio-only meetings when technology or bandwidth is limited; check the platform for the exact options available.
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Experience
20+ years
Credentials
New Jersey
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strain, relationship and family issues, self-esteem, career questions, and coping with life changes including coping with natural or human-caused disaster.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is collaborative and person-centered. Sessions combine active listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.
How much experience does she bring?
She has two decades of experience working with a range of concerns, including compassion fatigue, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and issues affecting veterans and first responders.
Where does she practice and what is her credential?
She is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in New Jersey and holds the NJ LPC credential.
In what language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are offered?
Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here; the platform matching process will list available ways to meet.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.