Laurel Lass

Laurel Lass is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 24 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She works with clients on grief, self-esteem, and building motivation. Laurel approaches work with respect for each person’s story and strengths.

Laurel believes clients know their lives best and brings gentle guidance to help them make changes they want. She focuses on real-life skills that make day-to-day coping easier. Sessions often include paying attention to emotions, patterns in relationships, and ways to reduce overwhelming reactions.

Her background includes long-term clinical practice across a range of mood and trauma-related concerns. Laurel has helped people with panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, and persistent feelings of isolation or shame. She also supports those facing control struggles, abandonment wounds, and questions about life purpose.

Laurel draws on approaches that center relationships and internal parts, along with mindfulness and trauma-focused work. This combination aims to help people understand painful patterns and practice new responses in relationships and daily life. She aims for practical progress alongside emotional understanding.

Laurel offers services in California and holds the LCSW credential. Sessions are conducted in English. Her practice includes attention to concerns common for women and people navigating gendered expectations and life transitions.

Relational and trauma-informed approaches for online work

Laurel commonly uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional reactions; this can help people understand patterns of closeness, distance, and trust. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) is another key approach she uses to identify and shift the emotions that drive relationship conflicts and individual distress. Mindfulness Therapy is used alongside these methods to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Laurel will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That process can include trying different techniques and adjusting as progress unfolds.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand it. It also lets people work from locations that reduce distractions or allow quieter surroundings. Laurel’s clinical approaches translate well to remote sessions when agreed upon between therapist and client.