Therapist profile
Laura Acero, LCSW
LCSW helping with parenting and mood concerns
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- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting support
- CBT and DBT skills
About Laura
Laura Acero is an LCSW licensed in Arizona with 20 years of professional experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, parenting concerns, depression, and major life changes. She works in both English and Spanish and has a background supporting a wide range of mood and relationship-related concerns.
She focuses on practical conversations that address daily struggles. In sessions she listens and reflects back what she hears, and then works with clients to try tools that can be used between appointments. Many people come for help with communication problems, blended family issues, caregiver stress, or shifting roles after a separation. She also supports people dealing with body image, impulsivity, loneliness, or questions about life purpose.
Her approach draws on client-centered methods alongside cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior techniques. That means sessions can include exploring how thoughts and behaviors interact, learning concrete coping skills, and using moment-to-moment awareness to manage strong emotions. Emotionally-focused ideas guide work on close relationships and how feelings shape interaction patterns.
She aims to keep sessions straightforward and practical. People often leave with a short plan or one skill to try during the week. If you want help sorting a parenting concern, managing anxiety, or coping with loss, she offers a plainspoken, skill-focused way of working.
Her history includes two decades of direct practice with individuals facing mood and relationship stresses. Before booking, confirm current session options and scheduling details so they match your needs.
How sessions work
Approaches you may use online
Laura combines client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral therapy techniques in online sessions. Client-centered work focuses on listening and reflecting so people can sort thoughts and feelings. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and teaches practical tools to change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy contributes skills for managing intense emotions and improving distress tolerance.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will help you decide which methods fit your needs, goals, and preferences, and will adjust the plan as you try tools and see what helps. That decision is collaborative and revisited over time.
Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Ask about the specific session formats offered and any practical details so you can choose what fits your schedule and daily life.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Arizona, New York, Idaho
Languages
English, Spanish
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, parenting issues, depression, and coping with life changes, plus related concerns like blended family issues and communication problems.
What is her therapeutic style?
She blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior techniques, and uses emotionally-focused ideas when relationships are central.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of professional experience working with mood and relationship-related concerns.
What credentials and location apply?
She is an LCSW licensed in Arizona and practices from Arizona.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.