Laura Bollin

Laura Bollin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW, LICSW) who listens with warmth and directness. She helps people who feel alone, overwhelmed, or stuck by offering practical steps and steady support. She uses compassion, experience, and faith to guide conversations and coping strategies.

People come to her for help with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and workplace concerns. She also addresses isolation and loneliness, attachment questions, codependency, and life transitions like divorce or caregiving. Sessions focus on clear tools you can try between meetings and on small changes that add up.

Her approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing with modeling when helpful. That means she helps clients notice unhelpful thinking, try new behaviors, and find personal reasons to change. Conversations move at a practical pace and aim for steps that fit everyday life.

Laura has 14 years of experience in counseling, hospice, and hospital settings. She completed a Master of Social Work at Boise State University and holds LCSW and LICSW credentials. Outside of work she is a spouse, Christian, outdoor enthusiast, animal lover, and reader.

If you want someone who will listen, encourage, and teach coping tools, she offers that grounded style. To begin, confirm current session options before booking so they match your needs.

Therapeutic approaches and how online therapy can help

Laura uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients notice patterns of thinking that keep them stuck. CBT involves identifying unhelpful thoughts, testing them, and trying new behaviors to improve mood and daily functioning.

She also uses Motivational Interviewing, which focuses on helping people find their own reasons to change. This approach is useful when someone feels unsure or ambivalent about taking steps forward in relationships, career, or self-care.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and then experiment with techniques that fit those aims. The pace is collaborative, with adjustments based on what helps most.

Session format options are not specified in the profile, so confirm current session choices before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, shorten travel time, and allow quick check-ins between in-person appointments. It can also make scheduling around work, caregiving, or medical appointments simpler while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.