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Laura BassCounseling

Guides

The library

Plain-language guides written for people in Charlotte and beyond, each with its sources. Start with the topic closest to what you are dealing with.

Psychotherapy

Relationships, faith and change

  • Infidelity recovery

    The first days after discovery, the stages couples describe, and what rebuilding involves. 10 guides.

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  • Couples communication

    The patterns that keep arguments going, and the skills that help them land differently. 9 guides.

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  • Life transitions

    Empty nest, retirement, divorce, caregiving, a move or a new baby: the changes that unsettle us. 8 guides.

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  • Faith and therapy

    How faith can have a place in counseling, and support when belief itself is part of the struggle. 8 guides.

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Complementary pathway

Emotion Code and spiritual healing

Complementary practices are separate from psychotherapy. They are not medical or psychiatric treatment and not a substitute for care from a doctor or a therapist.

  • The Emotion Code guide

    What the method is, how sessions work, and an honest look at what the evidence does and does not show. 20 guides.

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  • Spiritual healing

    Reiki, chakra work, Andean energy traditions and spiritual direction, explained plainly. 8 guides.

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Getting started

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