- Years in practice
- 5
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Anger management
About Laura
Laura Scales is a licensed marriage and family therapist who shifted into counseling after several other careers that centered on helping people. She brings five years of professional therapy experience and a background caring for people with chronic illness, teaching outdoor skills, and supporting residents in senior living. Laura works from Colorado and focuses on practical support for relationship and parenting concerns.
Her style is grounded and straightforward. Sessions aim to make space for honest conversation and to identify small, doable changes.
Background and approach
She helps people map what matters in their relationships and parenting roles, and looks for ways to reduce conflict and rebuild connection. Laura’s clinical background includes work in community mental health and practicum experience at a psychiatric hospital. She has used individual, group, and intake roles and has supported people facing depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, and substance concerns.
That variety shaped a flexible approach for different life situations. In sessions she draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques such as parts work, cognitive behavior strategies, and dialectical behavior methods, along with solution-focused and strength-based practices. These are adapted to each person’s needs rather than applied the same way every time.
Outside of therapy she spends time outdoors and values experiences that foster presence, like mountaineering. Her life before counseling informs how she helps clients steady themselves through change and stressful life adjustments.
What Laura works with
Everything Laura lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Laura helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
Approaches that guide online sessions
Laura uses a few evidence-based approaches in accessible ways. Internal Family Systems style parts work helps people notice different inner parts and create dialogue between them to reduce internal conflict and improve decision making. Cognitive behavior strategies focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments to change mood and behavior. Dialectical behavior techniques teach emotion regulation and coping skills for strong feelings and relationship stress.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, habits, and what has or hasn’t worked. From there she tailors techniques and checks in regularly to adjust the plan as needed.
The online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow a fuller face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be quicker check-ins or easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter exchanges, and text messaging supports ongoing check-ins between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between meetings.
Questions people ask about Laura
What concerns does Laura address?
She works with people facing relationship issues, parenting challenges, grief, anger, self-esteem, depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, LGBT concerns, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, career problems, and bipolar disorder.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is straightforward and practical. Sessions focus on clear steps, exploring choices, and building skills that fit daily life.
What is her clinical background?
She completed a master’s program in Marriage and Family Therapy and has five years of experience working in outpatient and community mental health settings, including intake, individual, and group roles.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a CO LMFT and practices from Colorado.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How do fees and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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