Laura Westbrook , LPC

Laura Westbrook is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who builds therapy around acceptance, empathy, and human connection. She works from a person-centered perspective that treats each individual as the expert on their own life, guiding clients toward meaningful change while using humor and culturally relevant tools to support healing. Her sessions often incorporate literature, music, media, and thoughtful conversation to meet each person where they are and to develop practical coping strategies.

Her entry into counseling grew from a concern about gaps in mental health care within the criminal justice system, and she has spent much of her career in nonprofit settings addressing addictions and trauma. That work gave her experience with diverse populations across genders and ages, and shaped a commitment to competent, accessible mental health care for people from varied backgrounds.

Westbrook values the opportunity to hear people’s stories and to witness vulnerability as a site of growth. She works with a broad range of concerns including addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and family difficulties, stress and anxiety, mood conditions such as depression and bipolar disorder, and issues related to intimacy, self-esteem, and anger. She also offers support around attachment and abandonment, codependency, chronic illness, dissociation, domestic violence, and HIV/AIDS.

Raised in California, she completed undergraduate studies at the University of Alabama and earned both a master’s and specialist degree in counseling from the University of Florida. Outside of work she enjoys connecting over shared cultural touchstones like the TV show The Office and finds small comforts in simple pleasures such as watching playful goat videos.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Laura Westbrook draws on client-centered work that emphasizes the person’s own experience and wisdom, creating a collaborative space where exploration and self-directed change are central. This approach helps people facing relationship challenges, life transitions, or complicated emotional issues to feel heard and supported while developing their own solutions.

She also uses attachment-based therapy to explore how early relationships shape expectations and patterns in current relationships. This approach can be helpful for people coping with abandonment, attachment wounds, intimacy concerns, and recurring relationship conflicts.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Laura will work collaboratively with each person to identify methods that best match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they consider what feels most helpful and make adjustments as work progresses.

Online therapy with Laura is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for varying schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access consistent care from home, during travel, or around work and family commitments while maintaining ongoing collaboration with a licensed professional.