Laura Guarino, LMHC

Laura Guarino is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida who centers her work on practical coping strategies. She uses clear, direct conversations to help people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and reactions to difficult life events.

She draws on nearly two decades of experience in mental health, including work in homes, teletherapy, hospitals, and community settings. That history includes supporting people facing trauma, substance abuse, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and suicidal thinking. Her practice aims to reduce overwhelm and find steady, usable tools for day-to-day life.

Sessions are straightforward and focused on what helps most. Laura uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and shift behavior. She also employs client-centered and mindfulness approaches to build self-awareness and calm. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques come into play when people want clear steps and short-term goals.

She has worked with children earlier in her career and has supported adults connected to those children, though the emphasis is always on helping individuals manage the stresses that affect their lives. Practical coping skills and realistic plans are central to her approach.

Outside the therapy room she has written about mental health to reduce stigma and has collaborated with community responders during crises. Her aim is simple: help people find ways to cope so problems feel more manageable and life can move forward.

Approach-focused care delivered online

Laura uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot patterns of thinking that fuel anxiety and low mood, then practices alternative thoughts and behaviors to reduce distress. She also draws on client-centered therapy, offering a listening, nonjudgmental space where the person leads the goals and the pace of change.

Mindfulness techniques are used to teach simple ways to manage strong emotions, stay grounded, and reduce reactivity in stressful moments. These approaches are chosen to match what someone needs most, and Laura works together with each person to decide which strategies to try first and what goals feel realistic.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video is useful for in-depth conversations, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat and messaging work well for brief check-ins or when typing feels more comfortable. These options give flexibility for scheduling, shorter or longer contacts, and different ways to practice skills between sessions.