Laurie Norris

Laurie Norris is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) based in Michigan. She brings eight years of clinical experience across different settings and helps people facing anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions. Laurie uses straightforward, compassionate conversation to help people find practical steps forward.

Her work often focuses on relationships, parenting concerns, and the stress that comes with caregiving. She also supports people dealing with trauma, addiction, sleep problems, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. Hospice and end-of-life counseling are among the areas she addresses when clients need that focus.

Laurie draws on several therapeutic approaches to match what feels most useful to each person. She blends attachment-based ideas with client-centered care to strengthen connection and trust in the therapy room. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness skills to address unhelpful thoughts and strong emotions.

Sessions are practical and grounded. Conversations aim to identify manageable goals, build skills, and try small changes between meetings. Laurie emphasizes collaboration - clients and therapist work together to set the pace.

Her style is warm and direct. She helps people sort through obstacles and book a clearer path forward. To begin, readers should use the site’s Start Therapy process to match and schedule according to availability.

How Laurie’s approaches translate to online work

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current ways of relating. In sessions this looks like exploring connection patterns and building safer ways of relating to others, which can help with intimacy and family-of-origin concerns. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience and priorities. The therapist listens closely, reflects back what she hears, and supports clients in finding their own solutions and strengths.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Laurie collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit best for their needs and goals. Together they review what feels most useful and adjust the plan as therapy progresses.

Because this profile does not list specific session formats, please confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives by removing travel and allowing more flexibility in scheduling. It also supports shorter check-ins or focused skill practice when time is tight. Licensed professionals can adapt attachment-focused and client-centered techniques to virtual settings to help people manage anxiety, grief, parenting stress, and life transitions without promising a particular outcome.