Laura Sternberg, LPC
Compassionate Narrative-informed therapy for practical change
Details
| Name | Laura Sternberg |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | Missouri |
| Licensed in | Missouri |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 8 |
About Laura
Laura Sternberg is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Missouri who focuses on helping people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, and major life changes. She works with individuals dealing with stress, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, and struggles with self-esteem. Her style is calm and direct, aimed at making therapy feel practical and usable in daily life.
In sessions she listens for the stories that shape how people see themselves.
Background and approach
Narrative Therapy is one tool she uses to help clients separate themselves from painful labels and reframe difficult chapters. She also draws on mindfulness and solution-focused ideas to create small, manageable steps forward. Her background includes eight years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns, including addictions, anger, career stress, compassion fatigue, and bipolar-related challenges.
Laura pays attention to the ways early attachment, abandonment, or family-of-origin patterns influence present relationships and behavior. When trauma is part of the picture she uses trauma-focused techniques and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to reduce distress from painful memories while pacing treatment to each person’s needs.
She also supports people coping with caregiver stress, hospice and end-of-life issues, and aftermath from disasters. Therapy sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Laura helps clients identify clear next steps, practice new skills, and test small changes between sessions.
She emphasizes workable tools that fit real life and adapts her approach as goals shift.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem among the things Laura works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Laura among the ways she works.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Listed by Laura among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Laura among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Laura among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Laura among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Laura directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Laura directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Narrative and Trauma Work Translate Online
Online therapy with Laura combines Narrative Therapy and trauma-focused methods to help people rewrite harmful stories and reduce the power of painful memories. Narrative Therapy involves identifying the stories that shape how someone sees themselves and then finding alternative, healthier narratives that support change. Trauma-focused approaches, including EMDR techniques, focus on processing distressing memories so they cause less intense reactions in daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to decide whether narrative reframing, mindfulness practices, or trauma processing best match their goals and current needs. Sessions will adjust over time as small gains and new priorities emerge, and the therapist helps select methods that feel manageable and relevant.
Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging makes therapy more flexible for busy schedules. Video is useful for deeper conversational work and guided exercises, phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, live chat serves quick check-ins or structured problem-solving, and text-based messaging supports short updates and ongoing encouragement between sessions. These options let people work on healing from wherever their routine fits.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does this therapist address?
She helps people with anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, stress, grief, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy issues, and career or life-change concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is narrative-focused and collaborative, blending mindfulness and solution-focused techniques to set practical goals and change everyday behaviors.
What is her clinical experience?
She has eight years of experience working with a variety of concerns including addictions, bipolar challenges, compassion fatigue, and trauma-related issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LPC credential - licensed professional counselor - and practices in Missouri.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
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