Laverna Soucie, LPC
Calm, story-centered therapy for life challenges
Details
| Name | Laverna Soucie |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | Texas |
| Licensed in | Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Georgia |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 6 |
About Laverna
Laverna Soucie is a Licensed Professional Counselor with six years of clinical experience. She practices from Texas and brings a background that combines mental health work with long-term medical care. Laverna listens to each person's story and helps them find useful ways to move forward.
She focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and anger. She also helps people facing relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, grief, or major life changes.
Background and approach
Her work includes support for trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and self-esteem issues. Laverna draws on Narrative Therapy and Attachment-Based practices to help people reframe their life stories and look at how relationships shape their choices. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused ideas to identify patterns and build new ways of coping.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is part of her toolkit for trauma-related work. Her years as a registered nurse and hospice caregiver inform her approach to grief and end-of-life concerns. That medical background means she pays attention to how physical health and life transitions affect emotions and daily functioning.
In sessions she aims to be straightforward and compassionate. Conversations are practical and paced to each person's needs. The goal is clearer thinking and manageable steps people can try between sessions.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Family conflicts among the things Laverna works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sex addiction
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Laverna among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Laverna among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Laverna among the ways she works.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Listed by Laverna among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Laverna among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Laverna among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Laverna among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Laverna among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Laverna among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Laverna 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 Laverna directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and attachment work translate to online therapy
Online sessions with this therapist often use Narrative Therapy to help people retell difficult experiences and see new possibilities. Narrative work focuses on the stories people tell about themselves and helps highlight strengths and different ways to move forward. It can be useful for issues like identity struggles, shame, and family of origin patterns.Attachment-Based Therapy is also used to look at how relationships influence emotions and behavior. This approach helps people identify attachment patterns and develop more supported ways of connecting, which can help with intimacy, communication problems, and relationship stress.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide whether narrative work, attachment-focused strategies, CBT tools, or EMDR techniques are the best fit for the issue at hand.
Online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face interaction for deeper emotional work. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a client prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text messaging work well for brief check-ins, weekly notes, or when someone wants a flexible way to communicate between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to maintain continuity during transitions.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of problems does this therapist help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, anger, and coping with life changes. Other concerns include grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, and compassion fatigue.
What is the general therapy style and approach?
Work is story-centered and relational, with an emphasis on understanding how life events and relationships shape experience. Sessions blend Narrative Therapy, Attachment-Based ideas, CBT, EFT, and EMDR techniques when they fit the person's goals.
How much clinical experience does the therapist have?
She has six years of counseling experience and a prior career as a registered nurse with extensive hospice work, which influences her practice especially around grief and end-of-life concerns.
Where is the therapist based and what credentials are held?
She is based in Texas and holds the credential LPC, licensed as a Texas LPC and Tennessee LPC.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and the therapist accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered for online work?
Available formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How are costs and billing handled?
Pricing varies by location and therapist availability, and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
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