Laura Clarke, LPC

Laura Clarke is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Oregon with four years of experience supporting teens, adults, and families through a wide range of challenges. She draws on a collaborative, strengths-based approach to help people navigate issues such as relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, low self-esteem, depression, eating struggles, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and transitions that come with life changes. In addition to these core areas, her work often addresses related concerns including attachment and abandonment, blended family dynamics, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and questions around kink and alternative sex culture.

As an LPC, she focuses on partnerships with clients, helping them identify existing resources and build new skills that support growth and resilience. Laura offers individual, family, and group therapy and brings a flexible toolkit that includes evidence-based techniques tailored to each person’s needs. She provides teletherapy options so clients can meet by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging from their own location.

During the first session she will invite discussion about history, current concerns, and goals for therapy, explain her therapeutic approach, and answer any questions. Preparation for an initial session is optional - some people bring notes or questions, while others prefer to start with an open conversation and see how the process unfolds.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Laura Clarke uses a mix of clinically grounded approaches to meet each person where they are. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages clients to clarify personal values and build willingness to face difficult thoughts and feelings while taking steps toward a meaningful life - it is often helpful for anxiety, depression, and navigating life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, offering practical tools for mood, eating concerns, and coping with symptoms of ADHD or bipolar disorder. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, validation, and collaboration, creating a strengths-based environment where clients guide the pace and focus of their work.

Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Laura works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit best given their goals, preferences, and the issues they bring to therapy, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy makes these approaches accessible through flexible formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - so people can engage in therapy from home or other convenient locations. This flexibility can help clients fit consistent care into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life changes, and choose the communication style that feels most comfortable.