About Laura
Laura Lininger, LCSW, brings three decades of social work experience to her therapy practice. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Indiana University and earned a Master of Social Work from Tulane University. Laura has worked with children and adolescents for many years and later expanded her practice to include adults.
Her early work with younger clients informs her approach to adults who struggle with childhood trauma or family of origin issues.
Background and approach
She often helps people who feel stuck by teaching practical skills for managing anxiety, stress, depression, and relationship struggles. She also supports clients facing life transitions, issues around identity and gender, and concerns like body image or codependency. Laura draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing as part of her work.
She weaves mindfulness practices into sessions to help people notice patterns and build small, steady changes. Sessions focus on simple, usable strategies rather than jargon-heavy theory. Clients can expect a calm, steady presence and a focus on clear, doable steps.
She welcomes people of all races, religions, genders, and members of the LGBT community. Her background in child and adolescent care often helps when past family experiences affect adult life. Based in Indiana, Laura uses her long experience to help people untangle painful memories and learn new ways of coping.
She emphasizes collaboration, so goals and pacing are set together based on each person’s needs.
How therapy approaches translate to online work
Laura uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters most and take small actions toward that life, even when strong emotions show up. ACT emphasizes noticing thoughts without getting stuck and committing to values-based steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and trying out different behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood; it often includes simple exercises to practice between sessions.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences and suggest which methods may fit best. Together they decide the pace and which techniques to try first, adjusting as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different needs. Video calls allow real-time conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep steady contact even when schedules are tight.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 31 years
- Licensed
- Indiana, Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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