Laura Angers Maddox, LPC

Laura Angers Maddox is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who brings a warm, grounded approach to working with individuals, couples, and families. She earned a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Counseling in 2012 and has provided services across settings including group homes, office practices, and in-home counseling. Her work balances practical skills with empathy, aiming to build a counseling relationship rooted in respect and trust.

Laura has experience supporting survivors of trauma and abuse, people managing depression, stress, and anxiety, and couples navigating relationship distress. When addressing trauma she incorporates Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a targeted method that helps process traumatic memories while teaching coping skills. For depression and anxiety she uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and she applies systems theory when helping couples and families explore interaction patterns and improve communication.

Her counseling style is accepting, understanding, and encouraging, focused on meeting each person where they are and collaborating on realistic goals. Laura aims to offer an open-hearted, practical therapeutic experience that helps clients move toward greater stability, clearer relationships, and increased self-understanding.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Laura commonly uses Trauma-Focused Therapy to help people recover from past harm. This approach combines gentle processing of traumatic experiences with practical coping skills to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - a skills-based method that helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns. In addition, she draws on Client-Centered Therapy principles that emphasize empathy, acceptance, and collaborative goal-setting to create a supportive environment for change.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Laura works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts strategies as progress unfolds. This collaborative stance helps ensure care feels relevant and manageable.

Online sessions make these approaches accessible through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options provide flexibility for scheduling, reduce travel time, and allow continuity of care across locations while maintaining the same work with licensed professionals and therapists that would occur in person.