Laurie Carlton
Experienced LPC guiding practical change
LPC Georgia
- Experience
- 14 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Sleeping
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Languages
- English
About Laurie
Laurie Carlton is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia with 14 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and motivation challenges while also addressing relationship concerns, sleep problems, addiction, trauma, grief, and a range of interpersonal and emotional difficulties.
Background and approach
Laurie emphasizes that clients bring important strengths and knowledge about their own lives, and she partners with them to build practical skills and clearer perspectives. Her style draws on cognitive behavioral techniques alongside dialectical behavior strategies and mindfulness practices to help clients identify unhelpful patterns, regulate strong emotions, and build coping tools for everyday life.
Laurie aims to make the first steps into therapy less daunting by acknowledging the courage it takes to begin and offering a supportive, skill-focused approach that meets people where they are. She works with a broad set of concerns including intimacy and parenting issues, substance-related challenges, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and transitions such as divorce or career change.
Applying CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness Online
Laurie uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help clients identify and change thinking and behavior patterns that contribute to stress, anxiety, depression, and motivation difficulties; CBT emphasizes practical exercises and skill building to create measurable shifts in daily functioning. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy techniques that teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness for people managing intense emotions or relationship challenges. Mindfulness therapy rounds out her approach by cultivating present-moment awareness and gentle acceptance to reduce reactivity and support calmer responding to difficult thoughts and feelings.Choosing the right approach is collaborative rather than fixed: Laurie works with each person to weigh goals, preferences, and life circumstances and then shapes a plan that may combine elements of CBT, DBT, and mindfulness. This collaborative process helps clients practice skills that fit their day-to-day lives and keeps treatment adaptable as needs change.
Online therapy formats such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging provide flexibility for scheduling and allow therapeutic work to continue without commuting. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care while practicing new skills between sessions, and they let licensed professionals tailor communication styles to what works best for each individual.
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Experience
14+ years
Licensed
Georgia
Languages
English