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.
Learn moreCouples communication
The patterns that keep arguments going, and the skills that help them land differently. 9 guides.
Learn moreDating guide for women
What respectful treatment looks like, reading the early signs, and support when dating gets hard. 12 guides.
Learn moreLife transitions
Empty nest, retirement, divorce, caregiving, a move or a new baby: the changes that unsettle us. 8 guides.
Learn moreFaith 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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Near Tryon
Counseling in the foothills
Tryon counseling guide
Counseling in Tryon, Polk County and the Upstate SC foothills: the Columbus office, couples, grief, small-town privacy and local support. 14 guides.
Learn moreAnxiety in a small town
Anxiety and stress around Tryon and Polk County: what it is, your options, privacy, and how to get started discreetly. 24 guides.
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Mind, body and spirit
Emotion Code and spiritual healing
Spiritual and energy work is part of how Laura works with the whole person, and it is always your choice whether it is part of your sessions. It is not medical or psychiatric treatment and not a substitute for care from a doctor or a mental-health professional.
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.
Learn moreSpiritual healing
Reiki, chakra work, Andean energy traditions and spiritual direction, explained plainly. 8 guides.
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Getting started
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The first step is a conversation. You describe what has brought you here, Laura describes how she works, and between you it becomes clearer whether to carry on.
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