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LAURA SCHLEIPMAN, LMHC

Over 20 years of psychotherapy experience

I help professionals break the cycle of using alcohol to manage stress, anxiety, and relationship difficulties.

LGBTQ+ AND PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS INCLUSIVE PROVIDER

As an independent therapist, I provide care through a privately owned practice. This allows me to keep treatment personal, flexible, and centered on each client’s needs.

Are you achieving success in some areas of your life while experiencing uncercainty, stress, or distress in others? My work is designed to affirm LGBTQ+ clients navigating alcohol use and the unique challenges that my affect their well-being.

Is there an inner critic constantly undermining your success?

From the outside, you’ve built an impressive life, a thriving career, and a community. Yet internally, it feels like a vital piece is missing. When the noise of marginalized stress, professional pressure, and relationship friction peaks, does your emotional voice get lost, leaving you feeling disconnected, exhausted, or unseen?

Maybe you are quietly questioning the stability of your relationship, feeling the strain of navigating complex relationship dynamics, or noticing that your relationship with alcohol has shifted from social unwinding to a necessary escape. Perhaps you’re also carrying the heavy, confusing burden of aging parents—the very people who weren’t there for you when you were coming out or growing up.

You’ve built an impressive life. Now, let’s make it actually feel good.

I specialize in helping LGBTQ+ individuals find their authentic emotional voice, reclaim their internal strength, and build core resilience. True healing means moving beyond just “getting by”—it means setting healthy boundaries, untangling the intersectional triggers of alcohol use, and actively prioritizing your happiness.

Thriving and becoming genuinely happier are often overlooked goals in traditional care. As an independent practice, you and I retain absolute freedom and complete discretion to determine your goals, structure your care, and map out your recovery on your own terms.

When life transitions and relationship chaos overlap, trying to figure it out alone can feel completely overwhelming. You don’t have to sort through the confusion in isolation. I provide a highly validating, deeply informed, and non-judgmental space designed for high-functioning individuals who are ready to face what’s getting in the way.

Let’s work together to dismantle the old coping mechanisms that no longer serve you, so you can step into a life of genuine emotional security, alcohol free clarity, and relational health.

MY TELEHEALTH SERVICES

Highly Confidential Flexible Therapy Services

I offer appointments beyond the 50-minute hour. The 50-minute hour is an insurance standard that can work for some; however, it often doesn’t allow for a more complete and in-depth session. My documentation is written without the use of a subscription electronic record. My private practice is completely run by me. I am the therapist you will see. I also manage your appointments, documentation, billing, and any communication outside of the clinical work.

Individual traditional telehealth psychotherapy 50 minute session

This is a traditional therapy session where we would explore thoughts, feelings, and challenges. In this type of session, we would incorporate looking back at your history, current stressors, and repeated patterns of behavior.

Private pay or you can yous Insurance to cover this type of appointment.

Insurances I accept: Blue Cross Blue shield (BCBS), Aetna, Harvard Pilgrim, United (UBH), Mass General Brigham (MGB).

$200.00

Individual extended telehealth psychotherapy 75 minute session

Sometimes you need more time to settle in as you delve into the deeper issues. The 75 minute session gives you time to more thoroughly process clinical content. The extra time allows for a less rushed session and a more relaxed pace to go over stressors, causes, and learn CBT skills.

This is a private-pay session.

$300.00

Concierge Day 8 hours of personalized support

This service is remote text and call

First sober weekends
Social events + dinners
Travel + vacation anxietyCravings + urges
The 5 P.M. negotiation
Getting back on track after drinking

Or you just want 1 day of work on your drinking patterns.

Other services, as needed, can be determined as clinically appropriate for this type of support.

This is a private-pay session on retainer.

$2,300.00

Welcome, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE

My Philosophy

Everyone has early life experiences that shape who we become and how we feel about ourselves. For many of us in the LGBTQ+ community, growing up can come with an extra layer of feeling different, misunderstood, or like we had to perform to be accepted. Over time, those early experiences can turn into a harsh inner critic, leaving you to deal with imposter syndrome, self-doubt, anxiety, and hidden strains in your relationships.

To manage it all and build the successful lives we want, we develop coping strategies. But sometimes, the habits that helped you get through difficult times in the past can become the very things holding you back today. In my practice, I often see these patterns show up as:

Using alcohol to turn down the volume on a loud inner critic, ease social anxiety, or escape the daily pressure to have it all together.
Living constantly in “overdrive,” using perfectionism and career over-achievement to feel like you are enough.
People-pleasing and over-extending yourself, putting everyone else’s comfort and needs ahead of your own healthy boundaries.

I believe that real growth isn’t just about stopping an unhealthy habit; it’s about understanding why it’s there in the first place. Therapy is a space where we can safely explore where these automatic thoughts, feelings, and patterns come from.

Together, we will unpack those past experiences in a warm, completely non-judgmental atmosphere. By shedding the coping skills that no longer serve you, you can finally uncover a version of yourself that feels emotionally secure, genuinely happy, and a whole lot lighter.

I'm Glad You're Here

To get started, please fill out the form on the contact page and I will be in touch with next steps.

Serving Brookline/Boston/Greater Boston/Cambridge with telehealth services throughout Massachusetts.