Laura Jania, MS LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor who is passionate about helping clients find hope, healing, and renewed confidence during life’s most challenging seasons. Laura believes that meaningful change begins with a trusting therapeutic relationship where clients feel genuinely heard, understood, and accepted. She strives to create a warm, calm, and welcoming space where clients feel safe to be themselves.
Laura earned her Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign before pursuing her passion for counseling, earning a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from National Louis University. She completed her clinical training at TriCity Family Services, where she now serves as a Licensed Professional Counselor.
Laura works with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families, providing compassionate, personalized care that honors each client’s unique story. She takes a collaborative, strengths-based approach, integrating creative, evidence-based interventions to help clients build resilience, develop practical coping skills, and create meaningful, lasting change.
Laura has a special passion for supporting individuals through divorce and other major life transitions, helping parents navigate the challenges of co-parenting, and empowering survivors of narcissistic abuse to rebuild self-worth, establish healthy boundaries, and move forward with confidence. She considers it a privilege to walk alongside her clients as they discover new perspectives, experience hope and healing, and build lives that reflect their values, strengths, and goals.