Laura Terrell
Compassionate evidence-based care for anxiety and trauma
LCSW, CSW Georgia
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Depression
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Languages
- English
About Laura
Laura Terrell brings a decade of practice as a licensed clinical social worker in Georgia, grounding her work in evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Background and approach
She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and depression, and she tailors sessions to address related concerns like body image, communication problems, control issues, mood disorders, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, self-harm, and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD).
With a professional background that includes 17 years of social work experience and specific training in trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, Laura emphasizes respectful, sensitive, and compassionate collaboration. She adapts dialogue and treatment plans to each client’s situation and goals, and draws on DBT and trauma-focused methods when appropriate to support emotional regulation and recovery from traumatic experiences.
Clients can expect a personalized approach that honors their readiness to change and prioritizes practical skills alongside exploration. Laura practices under the credentials LCSW and CSW and provides services in English from Georgia.
She frames the therapeutic relationship as a partnership, offering steady support as clients take steps toward greater wellbeing and a more fulfilling life.
Using CBT, DBT, and Trauma-Focused Methods Online
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify thought and behavior patterns that contribute to stress and anxiety and offers practical techniques to reframe thinking and build coping skills. Dialectical Behavior Therapy emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, which can be especially helpful for mood instability, self-harm urges, and intense emotional reactions. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on processing traumatic memories and reducing their ongoing impact through structured, trauma-informed interventions.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic work, and the therapist will collaborate with each person to determine which methods or combination of methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. This collaborative stance means techniques can be adapted over time as progress unfolds and priorities shift.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging provides flexibility for scheduling and lets clients access care from home or other convenient locations. These formats support ongoing skill practice between sessions and make it easier to maintain continuity of care despite busy or changing lives.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Licensed
Georgia
Languages
English