Laura Duncan, LMSW - Therapist in Michigan

Client-centered care
CBT tools
Focus on resilience

About Laura

Laura Duncan, LMSW, focuses on compassionate, person-centered therapy that helps people manage strong emotions and life changes. She aims to create straightforward, supportive sessions where clients can talk about what matters most and work toward practical steps forward.

She uses a client-centered stance to build trust and understand each person's goals. That approach means sessions follow the client's concerns and pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is part of her toolbox for spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing small behavioral changes.

Her practice addresses stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and low self-esteem. She also helps people facing relationship tensions, attachment concerns, adoption and foster care related issues, and the emotional impact of health problems. She works with a broad range of concerns such as caregiver stress, chronic illness, and career strain.

Laura brings nine years of clinical experience to sessions and holds the LMSW credential, which stands for Licensed Master Social Worker. Her background includes helping people develop coping strategies, improve communication, and build resilience after losses or traumatic experiences.

Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Expect a mix of listening, reflective feedback, and practical exercises you can try between meetings. The focus is on simple, doable steps that fit into everyday life rather than abstract theory.

How her approaches guide online therapy

Laura blends attachment-based ideas with Client-Centered Therapy to help people feel heard and understood. Attachment-based work focuses on connection and how early relationships influence present emotions, which can help when attachment or abandonment concerns come up. Client-Centered Therapy keeps the conversation focused on the client's goals and experience, letting sessions follow each person's pace and priorities.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, low mood, and practical problems that benefit from concrete exercises and short experiments between sessions. Together these approaches offer both emotional understanding and hands-on strategies.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences rather than imposing a single technique. That shared decision-making helps shape a plan that feels doable.

Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people use mindfulness exercises and CBT worksheets between meetings to support progress in everyday life.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Grief Self esteem Depression Coping with life changes

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCompassion fatigue ADHD

Additional focus areas

Abandonment Adoption and foster care Attachment issuesBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgiveness Guilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

9+ years

Credentials

Michigan

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist address?

She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem, trauma and abuse, and issues related to adoption and foster care.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is client-centered and compassionate, combining talk-based work with practical tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness.

How much experience does she have?

She has nine years of clinical experience working with people through major life changes, loss, and emotional challenges.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She holds the LMSW credential, which stands for Licensed Master Social Worker, and practices in Michigan.

Can she work with people who live outside the United States?

Sessions are offered to international clients as well as people in the United States; sessions are provided in English.

What session formats are available?

Please confirm current session options before booking since specific formats are not listed in the biography.

How does billing and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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