**OFFICE UPDATE: Unfortunately, I am unable to accept new clients at this time. Please contact me if you would like to be added to my waitlist. Thank you!
feel better...
dedicated to your emotional well-being.
Meet Laura Frie
There was never a time when I didn't want to be a therapist. Early on, before the schooling and degrees and licenses which formally allow me to do what I do, a wise mentor told me that magic happens when your passions overlap with your skills. Working with the people I do and offering them a safe space for learning and growing combines my passion and skills, and to actually help them feel better is pure magic!
Counseling Services
Adult Counseling
For individual adults seeking to feel better,
I combine my skills and the treatment modalities that will best fit you and your unique experiences. And my deeply rooted strength-based approach will guide our work, fostering a belief in yourself as you move through the difficulties you're now facing.
Some of the common struggles with which I help my adult clients are: anxiety, sadness/depression, life changes and adjustments, relationship concerns, parenting issues, grief/loss, and professional/employment challenges.
Through a therapeutic relationship
based on trust, listening, support, and
clinical knowledge, I am dedicated to helping you feel better.
Child & Teen Counseling
Counseling with children and teens comprises a large part of my therapeutic practice. With decades of experience with children and teens, school-age through college-age, I am able to help with most of the common struggles.
Anxiety, sadness and depression, perfectionism, self confidence, self worth, poor body image, ADHD, stress management, family relationships, separation and divorce, peer and social relationships, and school struggles are amongst the most common issues with which I help my child and teen clients.
My ability to connect with children and teens, foster a safe, trusting, and playful environment, and help them learn the skills needed have been the keys to helping children and teens feel better since 1995.
Couple's Counseling
Challenges in relationships are experienced by everyone at some time, but when couples are seeking counseling, it is often because the patterns between them have become stuck and are no longer working.
For clients in couples counseling, I am able to help them identify the patterns in their relationship and help them
improve their listening, understanding, communication, trust, and conflict resolution with one another, all with the intention of moving toward a more fulfilling experience with one another.
Family Counseling
Family and/or parent-child relationships can often become complicated. The combination of various people, personalities, and temperaments, each with their own way of managing stress and strain within the family lends itself to some challenging dynamics.
Working to detangle dynamics and improve family interactions is what family
counseling is all about. As one of my first areas of professional interest and training, family counseling remains one of the most powerful aspects of my work. There is nothing like the possibility of helping an entire family feel better.
Accepted Insurance:
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Highmark Blue Shield*
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Capital Blue Cross*
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Blue Cross/Blue Shield*
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Optum*
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United Health Care/UBH*
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Aetna*
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Cigna*
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Magellan*
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Geisinger*
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UPMC*
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UMR
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Quest
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Trustmark
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Meritain
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Federal Employee Program
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First Health
* excluding medical
assistance plans
** Please note: I do not accept EAPs or medical assistance and do not submit claims to secondary insurance.
