Laura Montoya, LPC
Supportive counselor for everyday parenting challenges
Explore online therapy options- Years in practice
- 4
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Laura
Laura Montoya is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas. She draws on four years of clinical experience to help people handle stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, depression, and parenting concerns. She speaks English and meets with people using video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Laura emphasizes a respectful, down-to-earth approach. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on.
Background and approach
Her sessions focus on practical steps that fit a person's day-to-day life rather than abstract theory. For parents feeling overwhelmed, Laura works on concrete strategies to manage caregiver stress and improve communication. She also helps with attachment-related worries, mood shifts, panic symptoms, and social anxiety.
Conversations often include ways to reduce shame and guilt, and to increase self-compassion. Her background includes work with people recovering from trauma and abuse, and those processing loss. Sessions can address impulsivity, control issues, isolation, and questions about life purpose.
Laura aims to make progress feel manageable by breaking goals into small, actionable steps. Starting therapy with Laura involves selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a time that fits. Fees vary with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What Laura works with
Everything Laura lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Laura helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches for Parenting and Stress in Online Care
Laura uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on clear, practical steps people can use at home. One approach centers on symptom-focused strategies to reduce anxiety and panic by identifying triggers and practicing steady breathing and grounding. These techniques help when panic attacks or overwhelming worry get in the way of daily life.Another approach targets coping with grief and trauma through paced processing and stabilization. This involves creating safety in sessions, naming hard experiences, and finding manageable ways to work through painful memories so grief feels less dominating day to day.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Laura will discuss options with clients and choose techniques that fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. She works collaboratively to adjust methods over time so sessions stay useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy schedules. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat can be a quick check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These formats aim to increase flexibility and make it easier to keep progress moving forward.
Questions people ask about Laura
What concerns does Laura help people with?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, and parenting-related struggles. Additional focuses include attachment issues, caregiver stress, and social anxiety.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are practical and collaborative. Laura treats each person as the expert on their life and works to build on existing strengths.
How long has she been practicing?
Laura has four years of professional counseling experience working with a range of mood and stress-related concerns.
What credentials and where is she licensed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, and is licensed in Texas.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
Therapy can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Laura?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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