Laura Christensen, LICSW

Minnesota · 3 years in practice

Laura Christensen is a licensed clinical social worker in Minnesota who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the effects of trauma and abuse.

License and registration

LICSW, Minnesota: 30932 · expires September 2026
NPI: 1407677842 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 3
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Laura

Laura Christensen is a licensed clinical social worker in Minnesota who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the effects of trauma and abuse. She also supports those facing life changes and works with issues around self-esteem and confidence. Her tone is direct and encouraging for someone taking a first step toward help.

She follows a person-centered approach that starts by listening to what matters most to the individual. Sessions focus on practical steps that fit into everyday life, not on jargon.

Background and approach

Laura aims to build on a person’s strengths while naming small, manageable changes to try between meetings. When patterns of intense emotion or self-criticism get in the way, she draws on techniques from dialectical behavior therapy to teach coping skills for distress and stronger emotion regulation.

For people with traumatic memories, she offers EMDR as one of the ways to reduce the hold those memories have on daily life. These methods are used as tools, combined with straightforward talk and problem-solving. Laura brings three years of professional experience to her practice as a Minnesota LICSW.

She emphasizes collaboration and clear goals, so sessions stay focused on what the person wants to change. Her style is calm, practical, and respectful of each person’s pace. Signing up starts with a short questionnaire and scheduling.

From there she helps clients set simple steps toward clearer thinking, better coping, and greater self-compassion.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Laura lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Approaches Laura names

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Online support

How Laura Uses Different Approaches Online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building on a person’s strengths. It involves reflective listening, gentle questions, and working together to set goals that feel meaningful and doable. This approach helps when someone needs space to make sense of feelings and decisions.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication. Sessions may include practicing distress-tolerance and emotion-regulation strategies and planning how to use those skills in real situations. This can help with overwhelming moods and relationship friction.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, known as EMDR, is offered as one therapeutic option for people carrying painful or intrusive memories. In practice it involves focused attention and guided processing to reduce the emotional charge of those memories. It is used alongside other approaches when appropriate to the person’s goals.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and past efforts to recommend methods and adjust them over time. Clients are encouraged to ask questions and give feedback so the plan fits their needs.

Online therapy makes it easier to fit care into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be useful for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options provide flexibility in scheduling and in how someone prefers to connect with a licensed professional.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include caregiver stress, chronic illness, isolation, and issues like guilt and control.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

She uses a person-centered approach that emphasizes listening and collaboration. Sessions are practical and focused on small, manageable changes that fit daily life.

What is her clinical experience?

She has three years of professional experience working with the concerns listed, and she applies her clinical experience to set clear, achievable goals with each person.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a Minnesota LICSW, which stands for Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, and she practices in Minnesota.

Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are offered?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How does billing and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model. The subscription can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin therapy?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that you can schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

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