Laura Braswell , LCSW

Laura Braswell is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Florida who combines formal training with extensive life experience to support people facing complex challenges. She completed post-graduate work at Rutgers University and Princeton and also holds a Master of Divinity with a counseling focus. At 48 years old, she draws on both professional training and many personal experiences as a spouse and parent to inform her therapeutic work.

Her clinical background includes work across multiple settings, offering group counseling, individual therapy, and couples work. Over the course of her practice she has supported people struggling with depression, anxiety, loss of purpose or drive, complex parenting and relationship difficulties, addictions, grief and loss, adoption and fertility concerns, and trauma-related issues. She approaches care with a belief that people can move toward deep healing when they receive appropriate help, motivation, and spiritual support.

Clients benefit from a clinician who blends evidence-based methods with a client-centered stance and lived perspective. Her work emphasizes assisting clients to change unhelpful patterns, set achievable goals, and make meaningful shifts in how they relate to themselves and others. She brings three years of clinical experience to her practice and integrates clinical skills with a compassionate, grounded outlook.

Approaches and Online Care for Real-Life Challenges

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify their values and take action toward a more meaningful life while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and struggles with motivation. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape current connections and patterns, which can be useful for people working on relationship difficulties, parenting concerns, abandonment or attachment issues, and intimacy-related problems. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and supporting the client's own capacity for growth, making it a helpful approach for people seeking a compassionate space to address grief, self-esteem, life transitions, and coping with stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Laura Braswell works collaboratively with clients to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting techniques as the work evolves to ensure the plan supports the client’s priorities.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options can make scheduling easier, increase access for clients in different locations including international clients, and allow people to engage in therapy in the format that feels most manageable for their life and responsibilities.