Laurie Peter, LCSW, CSW

Laurie Peter is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Colorado and New Jersey with 10 years of experience. She helps people facing LGBT-related concerns, grief and loss, low self-esteem, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. Laurie uses straightforward conversation to address immediate problems and everyday stresses.

She focuses on practical steps people can take between sessions. That may include practicing new ways to respond in difficult situations, pacing changes so they feel manageable, and sorting through emotions connected to loss or life transitions. Sessions are conversational but goal-oriented.

Laurie draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques adapted to each person’s needs. She pays attention to how past family relationships affect current choices and to patterns that keep people stuck. Topics she often addresses include abandonment, control issues, guilt and shame, and relationship patterns that trace back to family of origin.

She also works with concerns that come up around aging, hospice and end-of-life planning, caregiver stress, blended family dynamics, and the isolation that can follow major life changes. Laurie helps people sort priorities and weigh practical options as these situations unfold.

Her style is direct and practical. She helps people identify small, testable changes and then notices what does and doesn’t work. People who want clear steps and a focus on daily life often find this approach useful.

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