Laura Braswell , LCSW

Laura Braswell is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Florida who combines formal training with extensive life experience to support people facing complex challenges. She earned post-graduate training degrees from Rutgers University and Princeton and holds a Master of Divinity degree with a focus on counseling, which informs her approach to therapeutic care.

With three years of professional experience in a variety of clinical settings, she has provided group counseling, individual therapy, and couples work. Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief and loss, parenting and family difficulties, relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem, career concerns, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes. She also focuses on matters related to adoption and foster care, attachment and abandonment issues, body image, codependency, communication and control problems, divorce and separation, domestic violence, fertility issues, and forgiveness.

Married for 22 years and raising six children alongside many foster children, she brings personal perspective to her clinical work and emphasizes practical, compassionate support. She believes people are capable of moving toward meaningful healing when they receive appropriate help, motivation, and spiritual guidance. Laura encourages clients to set attainable goals, change unhelpful patterns, and pursue renewed purpose, and she offers collaborative guidance throughout that process.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Support

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify personal values and take committed steps toward a more meaningful life. It focuses on accepting difficult thoughts and feelings while building actions that align with what matters most, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and motivation difficulties.

Attachment-Based Therapy addresses patterns formed in early relationships and how they influence current connections. By exploring attachment styles and relational needs, this approach can help with intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, abandonment or adoption concerns, and rebuilding trust after trauma.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a collaborative, empathetic relationship in which the therapist listens deeply and supports clients in finding their own solutions. This approach is helpful for a wide range of concerns from self-esteem and coping with life changes to grief and relationship problems.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy, and the therapist works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they will adjust strategies over time to find what feels most effective.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing clients to engage in care from different locations and around varied schedules. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care while balancing family, work, and other responsibilities, and they support ongoing progress between sessions.