Laura Leatherman, LCSW

Licensed in Virginia · 12 years in practice

Laura Leatherman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship strain.

License and registration

LCSW, Virginia: 0904009335 · expires June 2026
NPI: 1427502962 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 12
Languages: English

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About Laura

Laura Leatherman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship strain. She practices in Virginia and brings 12 years of experience to sessions. Laura uses straightforward approaches to help people cope and move forward.

She focuses on practical skills clients can use between meetings. That includes strategies for managing anger, improving sleep, and handling life transitions like pregnancy, midlife changes, or shifts in career.

Background and approach

She also supports people facing trauma, abuse, ADHD-related challenges, and issues around self-esteem. Her work history spans outpatient clinics, hospitals, a residential program, and an emergency shelter. Those settings shaped a flexible style that adapts to each person’s situation.

Laura aims to build a trusting relationship and takes time to learn what each client needs. Sessions draw on Client-Centered work, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. In practice that means listening closely, identifying unhelpful thinking patterns, and setting small, attainable goals.

She often teaches coping tools that clients can try right away. Laura emphasizes respect and a judgment-free approach. She helps people talk through family problems, caregiver stress, blended family concerns, communication problems, and social anxiety.

Her goal is to help clients find clearer direction and better daily functioning. People who choose her can expect calm, practical guidance and steady support while they work toward their goals.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Laura lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Approaches Laura names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person’s experience. The therapist follows the client’s lead and helps them make sense of what matters most, which can be useful for relationship problems, self-esteem, and caregiver stress.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors connect. It teaches simple tools to change unhelpful thinking and build better habits, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and anger management.

Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes setting small, actionable goals. Sessions focus on what’s already working and on practical steps to reach clear, short-term objectives for issues like communication problems, career decisions, or blended family concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about needs, goals, and preferences and will adapt methods over time. That collaborative process helps pick techniques that feel useful and realistic for day-to-day life.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and ongoing support easier between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules while using the therapeutic approaches above to address real concerns.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Laura commonly address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family problems, anger, sleep issues, trauma and abuse, ADHD, self-esteem, parenting concerns, and career questions.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She uses a mix of Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy to listen, identify thought patterns, and set practical goals.

How long has she been practicing?

She has 12 years of experience working in outpatient clinics, hospitals, a residential program, and an emergency shelter.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in the state of Virginia.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the U.S. work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

Services are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

How are costs and starting therapy handled?

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