Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
How Laurie works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Years in practice
- 38
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Laurie
Laurie Jolly is a Michigan licensed social worker with 38 years of clinical experience. She centers sessions on the person in front of her and helps people put their strengths to work when life feels hard. Laurie aims to make the first step toward change feel manageable and steady for each client.
She commonly helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and reactions to trauma or abuse.
Background and approach
Relationship challenges and parenting concerns are also frequent topics in her work. Laurie brings a calm, steadied presence to conversations about grief, addiction, and career strain. Laurie uses a mix of practical, evidence-based methods to help people change unhelpful patterns and learn new ways to cope.
She leans on therapies that focus on values, thinking patterns, emotional regulation, and connecting with important relationships. Sessions are aimed at clear goals you agree on together rather than lengthy lectures. Her approach treats people as collaborators.
She listens first, then offers tools that fit your life and strengths. That might mean skill practice for managing strong feelings, reframing thoughts that fuel anxiety or anger, or work to repair communication with a partner or family member.
Over nearly four decades she has worked with a wide range of life challenges, including chronic mood concerns, panic, ADHD, and the effects of caregiving stress. Laurie supports people through separation, infidelity, and other family strains while keeping the focus on concrete steps toward feeling better.
What Laurie works with
Everything Laurie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Laurie's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Laurie lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most and take small, value-driven steps even when feelings are hard. It can be helpful for anxiety, anger, and making steady changes when life feels out of control. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thought patterns and testing them with practical exercises to reduce anxiety, depression, and panic symptoms. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns shape reactions and closeness, which is useful for intimacy, trust, and family difficulties.Figuring out which approach will help most is part of the process. Laurie works together with each person to choose methods that match their goals, strengths, and day-to-day needs. She adapts tools over time so work in sessions connects to real life and clear steps forward are easy to practice.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skill coaching, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat fits quick check-ins, and messaging supports brief updates or exercises between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family routines, and busy schedules while keeping the focus on steady progress.
Questions people ask about Laurie
What kinds of problems does she help people address?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and parenting concerns, addictions, grief, self-esteem, and related issues listed in her specialties.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She uses a collaborative, person-centered style and draws on methods like ACT, CBT, DBT, attachment-based work, and client-centered therapy to teach skills and set achievable goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 38 years of clinical experience practicing in Michigan and working with a variety of life and relationship challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds an LMSW - Licensed Master Social Worker - and is licensed in Michigan.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English, and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Laurie offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.