Dr. Vanessa Laurent, CT Psychologist, RI Psychologist
Supportive psychologist for practical family and parenting concerns
Book with Vanessa- Years in practice
- 9
- Credentials
- CT Psychologist, RI Psychologist
- Licensed in
- Connecticut, Rhode Island
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Vanessa
Dr. Vanessa Laurent is a psychologist licensed in Connecticut and Rhode Island who uses practical, skills-based therapy to help people manage stress and life transitions. She blends cognitive behavioral tools with person-centered listening to make therapy feel useful and down-to-earth.
Many people seek her help for anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting concerns, and problems tied to trauma or identity. Dr. Laurent has nine years of clinical experience and combines structured techniques with attention to each person's priorities.
Background and approach
Her sessions focus on small, concrete steps clients can try between meetings. She often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and build new habits. Client-centered methods create space for people to bring their own goals and values into the work.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy adds ways to tolerate difficult feelings while still moving toward what matters. Dr. Laurent also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills when emotions feel overwhelming.
Motivational interviewing helps people who are stuck find practical reasons to change. Together these approaches support work on parenting stress, family role shifts, career challenges, and self-esteem struggles. She has experience addressing adoption and foster care questions, blended family issues, fertility and immigration-related stress, and concerns about infidelity or forgiveness.
Therapy sessions aim to improve communication, reduce reactivity, and create clearer routines that fit daily life. Sessions are offered in English and are available to international clients. Dr.
Laurent uses a conversational, goal-focused style that tries to make therapy feel manageable and relevant from the first meeting.
What Vanessa works with
Everything Vanessa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Vanessa helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Vanessa lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Using evidence-based approaches in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and take small actions that align with what matters, even when difficult feelings are present. It often suits clients facing parenting stress, life changes, or ongoing anxiety because it focuses on meaningful action rather than symptom elimination.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches specific skills to change patterns that maintain distress. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and coping with stressful life events and provides hands-on tools people can practice between appointments.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) supplies skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. Those techniques can be helpful when strong emotions disrupt daily routines or relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences and then suggest methods that fit your situation. That decision is collaborative and can change over time as needs evolve.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy family life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer session is needed. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share updates or get brief coaching between longer meetings. These options increase flexibility and help therapy match your schedule and daily demands.
Questions people ask about Vanessa
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family matters, parenting issues, trauma and identity-related concerns such as LGBT matters.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style combines cognitive behavioral methods with client-centered listening and acceptance-based tools to create practical, step-by-step plans.
What is her background and experience?
She has nine years of clinical experience using multimodal approaches with a range of concerns, from everyday stress to trauma-related issues.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Connecticut Psychologist and a Rhode Island Psychologist and practices from Connecticut.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Appointments can be held as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time based on the therapist's availability.
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