Laura Aiken, LPC
Compassionate, body-aware counseling for stress and trauma
About Laura
Laura Aiken is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, relationship strain, or past trauma. Her style is practical and grounded, aimed at small changes that add up over time.
She uses a somatic-informed lens alongside client-centered work and skills-based approaches. That means sessions can include attention to how the body holds tension as well as talk-based exploration.
Background and approach
Laura blends mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and techniques from DBT to help people build coping skills and make clearer choices. Laura has five years of clinical experience and a background in addiction services, including work with drug courts and a recovery home. That experience informs her focus on relapse prevention, structure, and practical problem solving when needed.
She adapts interventions to each person rather than following one set plan. Sessions can include talking, guided mindfulness, body-awareness exercises, and step-by-step planning for problems such as communication difficulties, chronic pain challenges, or caregiving stress. People leave with concrete tools to practice between visits.
Therapy is offered in English and delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Costs vary by location and subscription details; the subscription can be canceled at any time.
How somatic work and skills-based therapy fit online
Somatic-informed therapy pays attention to how the body and sensations reflect stress or trauma; online sessions can include guidance for breathing, grounding, and gentle body awareness exercises that people can practice at home. Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's priorities and pace, with the therapist listening and reflecting to help the client name what matters most. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and communication that translate well to coaching on video or phone.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels comfortable, and then try strategies in-session to see what helps most. That collaborative process lets the plan shift as needs change.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - offer flexibility for different days and energy levels. Video allows face-to-face interaction for skill practice and somatic exercises, while phone and messaging can support check-ins, homework prompts, and short coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English