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Laura Duncan, LMSW

  • Experience9 years
  • LocationMichigan
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Grief, and Self esteem
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Laura

Laura Duncan, LMSW, centers her work on Internal Family Systems alongside client-centered and attachment-informed approaches to help people untangle difficult emotions and patterns. Based in Michigan, she blends evidence-based tools with a compassionate stance, guiding clients through anxiety, depression, grief, and the stresses that accompany major life changes.

Background and approach

Her practice emphasizes deeper self-understanding and practical coping strategies tailored to each person's situation. With nine years of clinical experience, Laura addresses a wide range of concerns including relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting and family dynamics, trauma and abuse, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and chronic illness or caregiver stress.

She also attends to areas such as body image, adoption and foster care issues, and concerns connected to alternative sexual cultures. Her goal is to help clients build resilience, improve communication, and move toward clearer values and more satisfying everyday functioning.

Integrating IFS and Attachment Work in Online Therapy



Internal Family Systems helps clients notice and dialogue with different internal parts - those protective voices and vulnerable aspects that shape feelings and behavior - which can be useful for anxiety, trauma responses, and self-criticism. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relational patterns influence current connections and emotional regulation, supporting work on relationship difficulties, intimacy challenges, and communication problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process; the therapist collaborates with each client to determine whether IFS, attachment-focused work, client-centered techniques, or a combination best fits their needs, goals, and preferences. This is an adaptive process that emphasizes client agency and ongoing adjustment based on what helps most.

Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging makes it easier to access consistent care from Michigan or abroad. These formats provide flexibility for scheduling, allow work to continue around life demands, and support different ways of engaging with therapy depending on comfort and practical needs.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Laura commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related difficulties, eating and body image concerns, parenting and career challenges, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and related areas.
What is Laura's therapeutic style?
Her practice combines Internal Family Systems with attachment-informed and client-centered approaches, using empathy and collaboration to help clients explore internal parts and relational patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Laura brings nine years of experience working with a diverse range of emotional and life challenges, integrating multiple evidence-based interventions.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She holds an LMSW and practices in Michigan. The license is documented as MI LMSW 6801114488.
Can clients who live outside the United States work with her?
International clients are accepted, and sessions can be arranged with consideration for time zones and availability.
Which session formats are offered?
Options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.
How is pricing handled for sessions?
Cost varies with client location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that may be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyGriefSelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

9+ years

Licensed

Michigan

Languages

English