Laverna Soucie
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
About Laverna
I am a licensed professional therapist currently based in Tennessee. I graduated with a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy, with a certificate in Trauma Therapy. My experience includes working with couples, families, college students, and children from age 8-teens. I provide premarital counseling, marriage therapy, sex therapy, and individual therapy. I have worked with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, abuse, adoption issues, and adjustment disorders.
My therapy style involves understanding the client from their point of view. I work from a holistic view, believing all systems of the body; physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual, help in the healing process. I especially love emotionally focused therapy and narrative therapy, but include other therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and family systems. I have been trained in EMDR and have found it can be utilized in many areas, but especially with trauma.
Before becoming a therapist I worked as an RN for 20 years, graduating with my Bachelor’s degree from Baylor University. Thirteen of those years were as a hospice nurse, so end of life care and grief counseling has been a big part of my life. I incorporate my medical background in the therapy process.
I want to hear your story and look forward to working with you!
What Laverna helps with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
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- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sex addiction
- Women's issues
How Laverna works
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What clients say
- “Based on experience, quickly building a relationship and recommendations I highly recommend Laverna”
- “Laverna helped me so much with EMDR therapy. She has a caring spirit and truly wants to help people.”
- “She was easy to get to know. Feel comfortable with her knowledge and "bedside" manner. Looking forward to more sessions.”
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- “Great therapist!”
- “I’ve been with Laverna for 3 months and I’m so satisfied. She is knowledgeable and sincere. I would definitely recommend her to the people I care about.”
- “I feel so blessed to work with Laverna. I was very skeptical about doing online therapy, but she has given guidance, support, correction when needed in a gentle and honest way. I don’t think I could have found a better fit anywhere else.i would highly recommend Laverna for anyone looking to work through trauma.”
- “She's awesome”
- “Laverna is extremely relatable and respectful. She has done an amazing job helping me see things from other perspectives. She asks very insightful questions.”
- “Laverna is a wonderful and attentive therapist! She has really helped me and my significant other strengthen our relationship and overcome communication issues!”
- “Laverna has a kind, confident, reassuring manner and a lot of experience as a therapist. She has been very professional but also sincere and has especially helped us in learning to communicate about difficult topics.”
- “Súper profesional and non biased therapist. Listens and also gives great feedback”
- “Laverna is an exceptional therapist. Very able to do EMDR & dealing with post trauma”
- “A wonderful therapist, insightful, clear, helpful and understanding. Highly recommended.”
- “Laverna Soucie has been the greatest thing to happen to our relationship. She has brought us back together closer than ever and finally being able to communicate in a healthy way has changed my life and our relationship forever. I am forever grateful for her and for what she has tought us so fast. Thank you so much Laverna.”
- “Laverna is experienced, kind, and she offers great advice and suggestions. I appreciate how well she takes notes to remember me and my situation specifically. Very thankful she’s available via Better Help!”
These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.
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