Brenda Lauer, LPC

Brenda Lauer is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and hypnosis coach with over 15 years of clinical experience working in private practice. She has provided therapy to a wide range of people, including military service members and first responders, and has worked with diagnoses such as PTSD, anxiety, depression, and ADHD. Brenda approaches care with a gentle, warm counseling style and places high value on seeing the world through each client's perspective before expanding that view to include new strategies and choices.

She describes her work as respectful, compassionate, and empathetic, and she avoids a one-size-fits-all model. Brenda draws from several therapeutic methods, including cognitive-behavioral strategies (CBT), rational emotive behavioral approaches, mindfulness practices, and humanistic principles, selecting techniques that align with each client’s needs and goals. In addition to traditional talk therapy, she brings training as a hypnosis coach to support habit change and symptom relief when appropriate.

Brenda currently maintains a part-time schedule, typically working Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in the afternoons on Eastern Standard Time. She emphasizes collaboration in treatment planning and aims to help clients identify practical options for improving their mental health. Brenda welcomes the opportunity to work with individuals from diverse backgrounds and life situations.

Integrating Evidence-Informed Approaches into Online Therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify their values and learn practical ways to accept difficult thoughts and feelings while pursuing meaningful actions. It is often useful for chronic worry, stress, and situations where avoidance has become limiting.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of unhelpful thinking and testing new, adaptive behaviors. This approach is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and trauma-related symptoms because it offers concrete skills to change how thoughts influence emotions and actions.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, active listening, and supporting a person’s own capacity for growth. It can be especially helpful for people working through grief, attachment concerns, or life transitions who benefit from a nonjudgmental, collaborative relationship.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Brenda will work with each client to determine which methods fit best with their goals, preferences, and life circumstances, adapting techniques as therapy unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call or phone, and there are options for live chat or text-based messaging when that better suits a client’s schedule or needs. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to access licensed professionals from different locations while tailoring the pace and style of work to each individual.