Laura Gryniewich-Franklin, LCSW-C

Laura Gryniewich-Franklin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with twenty years of experience helping people navigate difficult seasons of life. She works in Maryland and brings a calm, open-minded presence to sessions. Her style is practical and down-to-earth, aimed at making conversations feel manageable when worries pile up.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness techniques to help people notice patterns, manage stress, and build small changes that add up. Topics she commonly addresses include anxiety, depression, relationship and family strains, grief, parenting challenges, and career stress. Midlife crisis and life purpose questions are part of the issues she supports people through.

Laura’s background includes outpatient therapy, in-home work with children and families, education, and medical social work. That variety shaped a flexible approach that adapts to what each person brings to the room. She emphasizes listening first, then setting clear, realistic goals together.

Sessions focus on practical tools and short-term strategies as well as deeper reflection when it’s needed. She aims to help people manage compassion fatigue, codependency, and communication problems, and to process events like divorce, infertility challenges, or infidelity. The work often blends skill-building with space to grieve losses.

Her professional credential is LCSW-C, which indicates licensure in Maryland. Conversations are straightforward and collaborative, and she encourages people to bring concrete problems or vague unease - both are welcome.

How Laura Uses CBT and Mindfulness Online

Laura uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes that reduce anxiety or low mood. CBT often focuses on practical exercises, thought records, and testing ideas to see what works. Mindfulness Therapy is used to teach simple attention and breathing practices that lower reactivity and make daily stress easier to manage.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Laura treats this as a collaborative process where goals, personal preferences, and life demands shape which methods are used. She listens first, then suggests CBT skills, mindfulness practices, or a mix based on what the person needs and wants.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know how sessions will be scheduled. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people use mindfulness exercises between meetings and practice CBT homework in real time. If you prefer a mix of skill-building and reflective conversation, the online setting can support both approaches while you and the therapist decide what helps most.