Laurel Lass, LCSW

Laurel Lass is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in California with 24 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, grief, and self-esteem concerns. Laurel focuses on practical conversations that help a person manage day-to-day pressure and stronger emotions.

Her work centers on attachment and emotion-focused approaches to understand how relationships and past hurts affect current life. She uses mindfulness and trauma-focused methods to help people notice patterns and respond differently to upsetting memories or panic. Internal Family Systems is part of her toolbox for sorting conflicting inner voices and finding calmer ways to act.

In a typical session Laurel listens to the immediate problem and then sketches small, concrete steps to try between meetings. She pays attention to communication patterns that cause repeated conflict and to feelings like shame, guilt, or isolation that get in the way of change. Sessions aim for clear, manageable goals rather than long theoretical talks.

Laurel also supports people dealing with abandonment, attachment issues, control struggles, life purpose questions, and women’s issues. She addresses panic attacks, mood disorders, and post-traumatic stress with techniques that focus on grounding and gradual exposure rather than avoidance.

Her approach balances exploring emotional experience with practical skills for daily life. People who want concrete strategies to reduce anxiety, improve relationships, or work through grief will find a straightforward, experience-based clinician in Laurel Lass.

How Laurel applies attachment and emotion-focused work online