Brittany Lauer, LISW

Brittany Lauer is a licensed independent social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem struggles, parenting worries, and life changes. She also supports people facing anger, bipolar challenges, ADHD, adoption and foster care questions, panic attacks, and pregnancy or childbirth concerns.

She approaches sessions with a strengths-based, client-centered attitude. That means she starts by listening to what matters most to the individual and then builds practical steps from there. Sessions focus on clear, doable strategies rather than lengthy theory discussions.

Brittany has worked in adoption counseling and provided pregnancy-related grief support at a private adoption agency. She has also delivered school-based mental health services, offering therapy and parent-focused strategies in elementary and middle school settings. In those roles she taught anxiety management skills to parents, students, and staff.

Her clinical work includes using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, especially for anxiety, adjustment concerns, oppositional behaviors, bipolar mood challenges, autism spectrum traits, and ADHD. In sessions she helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and practice new behaviors that reduce distress and improve daily functioning.

Outside of direct clinical roles, Brittany spent years as a primary caregiver for her children and now returns to social work with practical, real-world experience in family life. She combines empathy with active problem solving to help people move toward their goals.

People who choose her can expect straightforward discussions, actionable tools to try between meetings, and a collaborative pace that respects individual needs and timing.

CBT and Client-Centered Care Delivered Online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist creates a nonjudgmental space and follows the client's lead to identify what matters most and what goals to set. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, panic, adjustment issues, and mood challenges and emphasizes practical skills and homework between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and everyday needs and then recommend using client-centered conversations, CBT techniques, or a mix of both. This is a collaborative process so adjustments are made as progress is reviewed.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer sessions, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not wanted, live chat can be a shorter way to check in, and text messaging supports quick check-ins or ongoing prompts between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy family schedule, work break, or school day while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.