Laurie Lasner, UT Psychologist 14223399-2501

Laurie Lasner is a psychologist practicing in Utah with 20 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Laurie aims to help clients build self-compassion and clearer life direction.

Her work centers on understanding how past relationships and attachment patterns shape current feelings. She uses cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and then tries small, testable changes. Sessions emphasize clear strategies and everyday skills that make a difference between visits.

Laurie also draws on client-centered methods, offering a calm space where people feel heard and understood. She asks questions and reflects back what she hears so clients can better name their needs and choices. That simple clarity often opens the way to change.

Over two decades she has supported people through major life changes, caregiver stress, and family-of-origin concerns. She works with issues like communication problems, divorce and separation, isolation, and questions of life purpose. Laurie pays attention to mood disorders and the practical ways they affect daily life.

Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth. She helps people practice new ways of relating to themselves and others, and build stronger coping skills. Clients leave sessions with steps to try between meetings that move them toward more stable, meaningful routines.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Laurie often uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice and change unhelpful thought and behavior cycles. CBT techniques are practical and aimed at small experiments that can reduce anxiety or shift mood over time. Attachment-based work is another strand she uses to look at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and self-worth; this helps people understand why they react a certain way in close relationships.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. Laurie works together with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. She checks in about what feels useful and adjusts the plan so therapy stays relevant and focused on real-life changes.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone can be a simpler option when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Chat and messaging are useful for quick check-ins, written reflection, or when someone needs short, flexible support between sessions. These options let people fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between meetings.