Laurie Kaufmann, LCSW

North Carolina · 15 years in practice

Laurie Kaufmann is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting challenges, and problems with self-esteem.

License and registration

LCSW, North Carolina: C008086 · expires November 2026
NPI: 1942545850 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 15
Languages: English

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About Laurie

Laurie Kaufmann is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting challenges, and problems with self-esteem. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps clients can use between sessions. Laurie emphasizes each person's strengths and respects their knowledge of their own life.

She believes the client is the expert in their story and builds on what already works. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented.

Background and approach

Laurie listens for what matters most and helps break bigger problems into manageable steps. Her approach draws on client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness practices. That means she pays attention to how thoughts and behaviors affect feelings and looks for small changes that lead to relief.

She also uses solution-focused ideas to identify quick, usable strategies for immediate problems. Laurie has worked across a range of mood and life concerns for 15 years in North Carolina settings. She often supports people facing codependency, communication problems, emptiness, guilt and shame, isolation or loneliness, and questions about life purpose.

Young adult issues and parenting struggles are also common topics in her work. In sessions she offers straightforward tools, chance to reflect, and a calm presence. New clients can expect practical suggestions, short-term skills to try, and ongoing reflection about what’s helpful.

Laurie encourages people to take small steps toward feeling more confident and connected.

Focus areas and approaches

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Approaches Laurie names

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Online support

How Laurie’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the client. It supports exploration of values, goals, and strengths and helps people feel heard and understood. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors influence feelings and teaches clear strategies to change unhelpful patterns and improve mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Laurie collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Together they try techniques, review what helps, and adjust the plan over time so it matches real-life needs.

Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is helpful for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text let people use shorter, more frequent exchanges and fit therapy into busy days. These options make it easier to attend sessions from different locations and to choose the format that best supports ongoing progress.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Laurie help with?

She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, parenting challenges, and low self-esteem. Additional focus areas include codependency, communication problems, emptiness, guilt and shame, loneliness, life purpose, mood disorders, self-love, and young adult issues.

What is her general approach in sessions?

The style is collaborative and practical, using client-centered listening, CBT ideas, mindfulness, and solution-focused strategies. Sessions emphasize strengths, small steps, and tools clients can try between meetings.

How much experience does she have?

Laurie has 15 years of professional work experience in social work roles. That background has included supporting people across a range of mood and life concerns.

Where is she licensed and based?

Laurie holds an LCSW and is licensed in North Carolina.

Which languages are offered and can international clients join?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats does she use?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

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