Laura Hazard , LPC

Laura Hazard offers practical support for people facing the kinds of life moments that can feel overwhelming - moving, career shifts, relationship changes, educational demands, and health goals. She frames challenges into manageable pieces so they feel less impossible to face all at once.

With a long background in behavioral work and a license to practice counseling, Laura blends real-world experience with clinical skills to help clients build awareness and use their strengths more effectively. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), a credential that indicates she is authorized to provide professional counseling services.

Known for an open-minded and approachable manner, she aims to create a receptive space where clients can explore who they are and what they want from life. Drawing on cognitive behavioral ideas to increase insight into thoughts and patterns, she helps people identify practical strategies to reduce overwhelm and make sustainable changes.

Her experience includes supporting people through major life transitions and crises, compassion fatigue, difficult relationships, anxiety, depression, and personality-related challenges. Laura works alongside clients to break down overwhelming feelings into understandable parts and then assemble those pieces into a clearer picture of the life they want to build.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Laura uses client-centered therapy to place the client's experience at the center of the work, offering a respectful, nonjudgmental stance that helps people explore values, goals, and personal strengths. This approach supports those navigating transitions, relationship concerns, and questions of identity by encouraging self-directed growth.

She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop concrete skills for managing anxiety, stress, and mood challenges. CBT provides practical tools for changing behaviors and improving day-to-day functioning.

Mindfulness therapy is another part of her toolkit, teaching attention and breathing techniques to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness, which can be useful for stress, sleep issues, and emotional regulation.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Laura works with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting plans as the work progresses so therapy remains useful and relevant.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to maintain continuity of care. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver many effective interventions while tailoring communication style and pace to each client's comfort and circumstances.