- Attachment informed
- Client-centered
- Grief support
About Surilla
Surilla Lawrence is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan who uses a person-focused, practical approach to help people navigate hard moments. She centers discussions on the issues you bring and shapes sessions to match your needs. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every meeting.
Lawrence has seven years of professional experience supporting people with stress, anxiety, and depression. She also helps those facing grief, trauma, relationship or intimacy concerns, and difficulties with addiction or bipolar challenges. She includes care for people coping with cancer, caregiver strain, or hospice and end-of-life counseling needs.
Her sessions draw on several approaches, including attachment-focused methods, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral ideas, dialectical behavior skills, and emotionally focused work. She explains options plainly and helps clients pick useful tools for their situation. The aim is to make changes that actually fit your life.
In practice she addresses issues like codependency, communication struggles, family problems, abandonment and attachment wounds, and feelings of guilt or emptiness. She also works with people dealing with HIV/AIDS and compassion fatigue. Conversations are adapted to each person, not a one-size-fits-all plan.
To begin, she asks you about what matters most and what you want to change. Sessions move at a pace you can handle, with focus on practical steps and clearer ways of relating to yourself and others. Language of sessions is English and she practices in Michigan.
Lawrence has seven years of professional experience supporting people with stress, anxiety, and depression. She also helps those facing grief, trauma, relationship or intimacy concerns, and difficulties with addiction or bipolar challenges. She includes care for people coping with cancer, caregiver strain, or hospice and end-of-life counseling needs.
Her sessions draw on several approaches, including attachment-focused methods, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral ideas, dialectical behavior skills, and emotionally focused work. She explains options plainly and helps clients pick useful tools for their situation. The aim is to make changes that actually fit your life.
In practice she addresses issues like codependency, communication struggles, family problems, abandonment and attachment wounds, and feelings of guilt or emptiness. She also works with people dealing with HIV/AIDS and compassion fatigue. Conversations are adapted to each person, not a one-size-fits-all plan.
To begin, she asks you about what matters most and what you want to change. Sessions move at a pace you can handle, with focus on practical steps and clearer ways of relating to yourself and others. Language of sessions is English and she practices in Michigan.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHospice and end-of-life counselingInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMulticultural concernsPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Jungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy
Experience
7+ years
Credentials
Michigan
Languages
English
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early bonds shape current relationships. It helps people recognize patterns in closeness and trust, and it can be useful for relationship or attachment wounds. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's own experience and pacing. The therapist follows your lead, reflects your concerns, and helps you find your own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It gives practical skills to rethink unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with you about what feels most useful, try strategies, and adjust based on your needs, goals, and comfort. Decisions about focus and methods are collaborative and may shift over time as you progress.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it simpler to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when that suits your schedule. It can also be easier to use phone-only sessions when bandwidth is limited or to choose audio or video based on what helps you concentrate. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and skill practice to work well across different setups, helping therapy fit your daily life without promising a specific format.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Surilla commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and relationship or intimacy issues. Additional focuses include caregiver stress, codependency, cancer-related challenges, and hospice and end-of-life counseling.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Sessions are person-centered and practical. She listens closely, then helps you choose skills and ideas that match your goals and daily life.
What background and experience does she bring?
She has seven years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and life challenges. That experience includes supporting people through grief, trauma, and relationship difficulties.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, listed as LPC, practicing in Michigan.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she take clients from other countries?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.