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Laverne Hoffler-Duckworth

Laverne Hoffler-Duckworth

LPC, LMHC

Pennsylvania

Experienced counselor focused on practical change

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At a glance

Credentials
LPC, LMHC
License
LPC, Pennsylvania / PC010820; LMHC, Florida / MH25756; LPC, New Jersey / 37PC01103300; LPC, Texas / 101001
Experience
10 years
Languages
English
Location
Pennsylvania

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    • Motivational interviewing
    • CBT and DBT tools
    • Culturally aware care

    About Laverne

    Laverne Hoffler-Duckworth is a licensed counselor who practices in Pennsylvania. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with ten years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage depression, anxiety, stress, and relationship struggles in everyday life.

    Her style is warm and culturally aware. She aims to help women and people from multicultural backgrounds feel seen and heard. Sessions commonly address workplace stress, social anxiety, life transitions, and parenting concerns.

    She draws on practical approaches like Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. In sessions she helps people improve communication, manage anger, and cope with grief or trauma. The work often includes building self-love, reducing isolation, and finding clearer life purpose.

    She also helps with blended family issues, codependency, and intimacy-related concerns. Conversations can cover grief, addictions, panic attacks, and ADHD-related struggles. The goal is to help people rebuild routines and skills that fit their daily life.

    People who meet with her can expect a collaborative process. She listens for what matters most and then helps set small, achievable steps. Starting with where a person is, she supports gradual change and stronger coping over time.

  2. How her approaches translate to online work

    Motivational Interviewing focuses on helping people find their own reasons to change. It uses open questions and reflective listening to boost motivation for goals like cutting back on substances or improving routines.

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and test them against real-life evidence. It is often used for anxiety, depression, panic attacks, and social phobia by teaching concrete skills and brief behavioral experiments.

    Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about goals and preferences and then suggest strategies that fit. That collaborative step helps pick whether motivational methods, CBT skills, or DBT tools will be most useful for a person's situation.

    Confirm the current online session options before booking, since specific formats are not listed in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and between-session work to suit each person's day-to-day life.

  4. Areas of expertise

    Primary focus

    Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesGriefSelf esteemDepression

    Also works with

    AddictionsFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementADHD

    Additional focus areas

    Blended family issuesCodependencyCommunication problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

    Therapeutic approaches

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Motivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

    Experience

    10+ years

    Listed in

    Pennsylvania, Florida, New Jersey, Texas

    Languages

    English

  5. Frequently asked questions

    What concerns does she help with?

    She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, grief, addictions, and trauma. Additional focuses include parenting, intimacy issues, ADHD, and workplace problems.

    What is her therapeutic style?

    Her approach is warm and culturally aware, centered on collaboration and practical steps. She aims to help people build skills and make manageable changes.

    How much experience does she have?

    She has ten years of clinical experience working with a range of emotional and relationship concerns. That background informs her practical, skills-based approach.

    What credentials and location are listed?

    She holds credentials as an LPC and an LMHC and practices in Pennsylvania. Credentials are shown as LPC and LMHC.

    Which languages are supported?

    Sessions are offered in English only. International clients are not currently accepted.

    What session formats are available?

    Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. The therapist or platform can clarify which formats are offered.

    How is cost handled?

    Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

    How do I begin working together?

    To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.

  6. Online talk therapy is not emergency or medical care. Stopping or cutting down alcohol or other drugs can be unsafe without medical advice. In immediate danger? Crisis numbers

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