About Laura
Laura Chilson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Oklahoma who focuses on practical, down-to-earth therapy. She uses clear, goal-focused conversations to help people manage anxiety, stress, relationship strain, grief, and other life challenges. Laura writes plainly and listens carefully to what matters most to each person.
Before earning her LPC and a master’s degree in professional counseling, she worked in social services, life coaching, and as a school counselor.
Background and approach
That background informs how she approaches problems and supports daily life changes. She brings five years of clinical experience to her work. Laura draws on several therapy styles to match what someone needs.
She often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Mindfulness and dialectical strategies are part of her toolbox when stress, strong emotions, or impulsive behaviors get in the way.
Sessions are collaborative and geared toward practical skills you can use between meetings. She helps people build routines that improve sleep, mood, and coping with chronic illness or addiction recovery. Laura tailors goals to each person’s situation.
She supports parents dealing with blended family issues and people struggling with abandonment, immigration-related stress, or family of origin problems. Her approach is steady, respectful, and focused on workable changes.
How Laura’s Approaches Work Online
Laura often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and improve sleep. She also incorporates attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships influence current patterns and communication. Mindfulness techniques are used to build moment-to-moment awareness and reduce stress when emotions feel overwhelming.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Laura collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She starts with what’s most pressing and adjusts methods as progress is made, so the plan evolves with the client.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow fuller conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or for brief goal-focused contacts. These options make it possible to keep therapy consistent during busy schedules, relocation, or when in-person visits are difficult.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
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