Key details
- CredentialsLPC
- LicenseLPC, Colorado / LPC.0014981; LPC, Oregon / C9349
- NPI1992122717
- Experience10 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationOregon
About
- CBT techniques
- DBT skills
- EMDR options
About Laura
Laura Brum is an Oregon licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 10 years of experience. She works with adults who bring issues like anger, depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, career struggles, and attention differences. Sessions focus on practical steps to reduce conflict and manage strong emotions.
Her style is interactive and person-focused. She uses straightforward conversation, skill practice, and problem-solving rather than jargon. Clients develop tools to notice patterns, interrupt reactive responses, and try different ways of coping between sessions.
Common topics include managing anger that affects relationships, panic or social anxiety, obsessive thoughts, grief, and mood changes. She also supports people processing physical trauma, emotional abuse, or postpartum mood shifts. Work may include communication skills, emotion regulation, and building daily routines that reduce overwhelm.
Therapeutic methods include client-centered work, cognitive behavioral exercises, dialectical behavior skills, EMDR for trauma processing, and mindfulness practices. These are used in combination to help people address symptoms and practice new responses in real life.
Practical planning is part of sessions. Clients and Laura set short-term goals, review progress, and adjust strategies. She asks about what works in everyday life and focuses on small, doable changes that reduce snapping, resentment, or avoidant habits.
To start, people use the online therapy options button to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Session costs vary with location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Client-centered work focuses on listening and building a plan that fits the person. In practice this means the therapist uses reflective conversation to identify goals and preferences, then shapes exercises to the person's daily life.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks patterns into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Online CBT sessions often include short homework, thought records, and role plays that people try between meetings to reduce reactivity and anger outbursts.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) supplies concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. In online sessions these skills are taught, practiced, and reviewed with examples drawn from the client's real situations.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to test methods, track what helps, and adjust the plan. That makes sessions practical and focused on measurable next steps rather than vague promises.
Confirm current session options before booking to learn which formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time. Ask about the session flow and any prep needed so appointments fit into everyday life.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Colorado, Oregon
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger issues are supported?
She works with adults who struggle with snapping at loved ones, workplace frustration, built-up resentment, and related relationship strain.
How would she approach anger in sessions?
She uses practical methods like cognitive behavioral exercises and dialectical behavior skills to help people notice triggers and practice alternative responses.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 10 years of counseling experience, including work with trauma, mood disorders, OCD, ADHD, and parenting concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an Oregon licensed professional counselor (LPC) and works with clients located in Oregon.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are session costs handled?
Session cost varies with location and is billed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin sessions?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.