Surilla Lawrence, LPC
Compassionate counselor focused on practical change
Details
| Name | Surilla Lawrence |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | Michigan |
| Licensed in | Michigan |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 7 |
About Surilla
Surilla Lawrence is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Michigan who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and relationship concerns. She draws on a mix of practical approaches to help clients make changes they can use day to day. Surilla emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every conversation.
She adapts sessions to each person's needs instead of using a single script. That can mean working on thoughts and behaviors, looking at how past attachments shape current relationships, or using clients' own stories to find new meanings.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and paced to what the person can handle. Surilla has seven years of clinical experience. During that time she has supported people facing trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, intimacy-related struggles, parenting stress, and major life transitions.
She also works with issues such as codependency, caregiver stress, and grief connected to serious illness or loss. In sessions she helps people notice patterns, try practical skills, and rewrite parts of their story that no longer fit. Conversations can include concrete coping tools, communication practice, and exploring difficult emotions.
The goal is to build tools that make daily life easier. People meet her to address a range of concerns from career stress and burnout to complicated family problems and shame. She encourages steady progress and supports small, manageable steps toward goals.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse among the things Surilla works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Surilla among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Surilla among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Surilla among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Surilla among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Surilla among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Surilla among the ways she works.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Listed by Surilla among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Surilla among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Surilla among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Surilla among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Surilla among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Surilla among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Surilla 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 Surilla directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Using Narrative and Attachment Work Online
Surilla often blends narrative approaches with attachment-based ideas and client-centered care. Narrative therapy helps people retell parts of their story so painful patterns feel less defining; it can be useful for grief, identity concerns, and feelings of emptiness. Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds influence current relationships and can help with intimacy issues, trust, and communication. Client-centered therapy puts the person's goals and experience at the center and supports steady progress through empathic listening and collaboration.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences and try methods that fit. Together they will adjust pace and tools until a good fit emerges, making room for practical skills and deeper reflection as needed.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect with a licensed professional. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a lighter option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging support shorter check-ins or ongoing reflection between meetings. These formats make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or medical appointments while keeping therapy consistent and focused.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns can be addressed here?
Surilla helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues. Additional areas include addiction, caregiver stress, codependency, and challenges like divorce, cancer-related concerns, and end-of-life counseling.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a mix of narrative, attachment-based, client-centered, cognitive behavioral, and dialectical approaches. Sessions are collaborative and focus on practical steps as well as making sense of personal experiences.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Surilla brings seven years of professional experience working with people on trauma, grief, relationship struggles, and life transitions.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is licensed in Michigan as an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - and practices with that credential in that state.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
Therapy can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what works best for the person.
How is cost handled for therapy?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that, schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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