- Sleep and rest focus
- Practical coping skills
- Warm client-centered care
About Laura
Laura Chilson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Oklahoma who focuses on practical ways to improve sleep, reduce stress, and manage anxiety. She draws on several counseling methods and keeps conversations straightforward. She aims to help people make steady changes that fit daily life.
Before earning her counseling license, Laura worked in social services, as a life coach, and as a school counselor. She completed a Master’s Degree in Professional Counseling, passed the National Counselor Exam, and finished 3,000 hours of supervised clinical experience. That training and background shaped how she structures sessions.
Laura uses approaches like attachment-based work, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, and mindfulness practices. Sessions tend to focus on small, concrete steps - sleep routines, coping skills for anxiety, communication changes, and behavior experiments to test what helps.
She supports people dealing with stress, trauma and abuse recovery, relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, addiction concerns, bipolar mood patterns, chronic illness, and compassion fatigue. Sleep and rest are a named focus, so improving bedtime routines and daytime habits is often part of the plan.
Laura emphasizes a respectful, sensitive approach. She works with each person to set clear goals and finds techniques that feel doable. The work is collaborative and grounded in practical tasks that people can try between sessions.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Laura uses attachment-based work to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach helps people notice how they connect with others and try new ways of relating that feel safer and more reliable.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes. CBT is often useful for sleep problems, anxiety, low mood, and coping with life transitions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they decide which methods to try. This makes sessions more useful and tailored to real-life needs.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the specific session formats before booking since the profile does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also supports using mindfulness exercises, sleep routines, and behavioral experiments between sessions so therapy can connect directly to daily life.
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Experience
5+ years
Credentials
Oklahoma
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse recovery, relationship and parenting concerns, addictions, grief, and sleep difficulties. Other focuses include chronic illness, family of origin issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She blends client-centered listening with practical skills-based work. That means sessions include empathic conversation plus actionable techniques like behavior changes and mindfulness practice.
What is her professional background?
She previously worked in social services, as a life coach, and as a school counselor before completing a master’s degree in professional counseling and clinical supervision hours.
Which credentials and region are listed?
She holds the LPC credential - Licensed Professional Counselor - and practices in Oklahoma.
In what language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the profile does not specify which formats are used. Check the scheduling details when you start the process.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.