Dr. Laura Langley, LMFT, CST
Director
Dr. Langley is the founder and director of Be Well Counseling, Inc., where she provides individual therapy in a warm, grounded, and collaborative environment. With over a decade of experience in mental health care, Laura specializes in supporting high-achieving, high-performing individuals who, for one reason or another, have hit a roadblock.
Her clients often appear successful and capable on the outside — professionals, students, athletes, creatives, and caregivers who are used to pushing through. But internally, they may be feeling anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or burned out. Laura's work centers on helping these individuals reconnect with themselves, process what's getting in the way, and develop sustainable ways to move forward without abandoning their needs.
As a certified sex therapist, Laura brings sexuality into the same conversation rather than treating it as a separate subject. Desire, intimacy, sexual identity, and body image coexist with anxiety, depression, grief, burnout, and over-functioning in the same person, and clients shouldn't have to decide which part of themselves is allowed in the room. Whether sex is the reason someone reaches out or something that surfaces later, Laura treats it as routine, workable material: discussable without shame and understood in the context of a whole life.
Laura holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts from Muhlenberg College, an M.A. in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and a Ph.D. in Clinical Sexology from Modern Sex Therapy Institutes.
Her clinical journey began in advocacy work — first as a sexual assault crisis counselor and later as a shelter advocate for survivors of domestic violence. These formative roles instilled in her a deep respect for resilience and a trauma-informed lens that continues to shape her practice — including her conviction that conversations about sex and safety belong together, not in separate rooms.
Over the years, Laura has worked across a range of treatment settings, including residential and outpatient programs focused on chemical dependency, trauma recovery, and dual-diagnosis care. She has facilitated intensive outpatient programs, designed group therapy curricula, led family education groups, and provided individual support for clients navigating complex emotional and behavioral health needs.
Prior to founding her private practice, Laura served as a specialty therapist at PACE Recovery and later at Hoag Hospital, where she facilitated their Evening Intensive Outpatient Program for professionals in recovery. She has also worked as a behavioral case manager and trauma therapist, gaining extensive experience supporting young adults, professionals, and families.
Laura's clinical style is integrative, blending psychodynamic, existential, and humanistic approaches with mindfulness-based practices and a sex-positive sexual health framework. Her work emphasizes emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and the cultivation of insight and self-compassion.
Laura's practice is devoted to individual work, where the depth and continuity of one-on-one therapy allow this kind of change to take hold. She creates a space where clients feel supported, seen, and empowered to reconnect with their values — and with themselves — and to move toward meaningful change.