Laura Westbrook, LPC

Laura Westbrook is a Licensed Professional Counselor who centers therapy on a person-centered, relationship-focused approach. She aims to build a warm, accepting space where empathy and honest conversation guide the work. She uses humor and relatable media when helpful to make sessions feel approachable and human.

Her clinical work often addresses addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, depression, and stress. She also helps people coping with relationship and intimacy concerns, issues around identity such as LGBT matters, and long-term health challenges that affect daily life. Chronic pain, chronic illness, and HIV / AIDS are included among the additional topics she supports.

Before entering private practice she worked mostly with non-profit organizations focused on addiction and trauma, and she began her career drawn to gaps in mental health care within the criminal justice system. That background shaped her commitment to accessible care for people from many walks of life.

Therapy sessions tend to be collaborative and guided by the client’s goals. She leans on Attachment-Based and Client-Centered principles, mindfulness, and Motivational Interviewing to help people notice patterns and make changes that fit their lives. Storytelling, film, music, or reading are sometimes used as tools in those conversations.

She trained in counseling at the University of Alabama and completed graduate work at the University of Florida, and she brings seven years of clinical experience to her practice in Tennessee. Sessions are offered in English and designed to respect each person’s background and preferences.

How her therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. In practice this means noticing how people move toward or away from connection, and using that awareness to build safer ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s own goals and experience at the center of sessions. The therapist listens deeply, reflects what she hears, and helps people make sense of their choices and next steps.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. She will work collaboratively to match methods to the client’s needs and preferences, adjusting techniques as goals change. The aim is to find what helps a person make manageable changes rather than applying a fixed method.

Confirm available session options before booking, since specific formats are not stated in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow flexible scheduling around appointments or medical care. It also lets people use brief check-ins when needed, or focus on reflective conversation using familiar media and written materials as part of the work.