Surilla Lawrence, LPC

Surilla Lawrence is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan with seven years of clinical experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions, anger, and related issues. Sessions focus on practical steps people can use day to day to manage strong feelings and improve connections.

Her approach mixes talk and skills work. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current patterns. She draws on client-centered methods to keep conversations focused on each person's experience. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy provide tools for noticing thoughts and shifting behaviors. Emotionally-Focused Therapy supports deeper work around closeness and emotion in relationships.

Surilla pays attention to problems that often come alongside anger, such as control issues, communication problems, codependency, and abandonment worries. She also addresses life-stage and situational strains like caregiving stress, cancer-related concerns, hospice and end-of-life topics, and the effects of HIV/AIDS when relevant.

Work in sessions typically combines exploring what drives difficult reactions with hands-on techniques to reduce reactivity. Clients may practice new ways of speaking about needs, test different responses to conflict, and use skills to lower stress in the moment. The aim is clearer thinking and steadier behavior rather than quick fixes.

People who choose her often want straightforward, practical support for anger, relationship strain, or recurring stress. To begin, the site’s matching process is used to schedule an initial visit and set goals together.

How her therapeutic approaches are used online