Laura Phen, LPC

Laura Phen is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) with 25 years of clinical experience based in South Dakota. She works with adults on a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, and anger. She also addresses burnout and compassion fatigue, sleep problems, career questions, ADHD, and bipolar mood concerns.

Her approach centers on listening and building a practical working relationship. She uses client-centered methods to help people name what matters to them and to set goals that make sense in everyday life. Sessions focus on clear steps clients can try between meetings rather than vague suggestions.

Laura draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot thinking patterns that feed frustration and low mood. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotional regulation and distress tolerance. Mindfulness techniques are introduced to develop moment-to-moment awareness and reduce reactivity.

People contact her for help with mounting resentment, snapping at loved ones, workplace anger, and other stress-driven reactions. She combines goal-focused work with practical skills so people can notice small shifts in how they respond to triggers. The tone is straightforward and problem-focused rather than theoretical.

Her background includes long-term clinical practice and work supporting clients through trauma, relationship breakdown, and career transitions. Sessions aim to be concrete, teachable, and directly applicable to daily life. If you want to address anger that affects work or relationships, she helps people build skills to manage it without promising quick fixes.

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