Laura Hastings, LMFT

Laura Hastings is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with long experience helping people navigate relationship strain, low self-esteem, career stress, and major life changes. She emphasizes practical steps and clear goals. Her style is direct but warm, focused on what will help in day-to-day life.

She works from the view that the client is the expert on their own life. She looks for strengths to build on and helps people try small changes that add up. Sessions are focused on solutions and skills that people can use between meetings.

Over two decades of practice have included supporting people facing compassion fatigue and caregiving stress. She also has experience with aging and geriatric concerns, workplace problems, communication difficulties, and women’s issues. That background informs how she tailors conversations and strategies to each situation.

Laura uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try different actions. She breaks ideas into concrete steps so progress is easier to measure. The emphasis is on learning practical tools for coping and decision making.

Her approach is collaborative and goal-oriented. She helps people set short-term targets and checks in on what’s working. To begin, visitors complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Using CBT online to solve everyday problems

Laura draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot patterns of thinking that lead to stress and then try different, practical actions. CBT breaks problems into steps - thoughts, feelings, and behaviors - so change is easier to plan and measure. It often helps with relationship strain, low self-esteem, workplace stress, and coping with major life changes.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to pick techniques that match their goals and what feels doable. Together they set short-term targets and adjust methods based on what helps most in daily life.

The practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy schedule and reducing travel time so check-ins are easier to keep. Online work can make it simple to continue momentum between appointments and to practice skills in real contexts. Confirm current session options before booking to know which formats are offered and how scheduling works.