Laura Walls, LPC

Laura Walls is a licensed counselor practicing in Virginia with more than 23 years of experience in a variety of counseling settings. She holds an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) - a credential that denotes state licensure and training to provide clinical counseling in Virginia (VA LPC 0701004240).

Her practice centers on helping people navigate depression, anxiety, relationship and family challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, and issues around self-esteem and intimacy. She also supports clients dealing with sleep difficulties, parenting and caregiver stress, career transitions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and the many emotional effects of life changes and compassion fatigue. Additional areas of focus include adoption and foster care concerns, attachment issues, blended family dynamics, body image, and aging-related challenges.

With extensive work alongside women, young adults, caregivers, and those facing midlife transitions, Laura adopts a compassionate, collaborative approach grounded in evidence-based methods. She emphasizes building self-awareness, improving communication, and strengthening resilience so clients can move toward clearer goals and greater emotional balance. Laura aims to provide thoughtful, professional guidance for people seeking to heal from past experiences, manage current stresses, and pursue meaningful personal growth.

Integrating therapeutic approaches into online care

Laura Walls draws on attachment-based work to explore how early relationships shape current patterns of intimacy and trust, helping clients who struggle with attachment issues, abandonment concerns, and relationship dynamics to better understand and change those patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and to develop practical strategies for managing anxiety, depression, sleep difficulties, and mood challenges. Client-centered therapy provides a supportive, nonjudgmental space in which the therapist follows the client's lead, emphasizing empathy and collaboration to strengthen self-understanding and personal growth.

Deciding which approach or combination of approaches is right is part of the therapeutic process. Laura collaborates with each person to tailor methods to their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies over time as progress and circumstances evolve.

Online therapy with Laura includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for scheduling, access from different locations in Virginia, and multiple ways to maintain continuity of care. These options can make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives while preserving the same therapeutic focus and professional support as in-person work.