About

APPROACH

Laura Giles does holistic counseling in Richmond, Virginia. She believes everyone is a beautiful, valuable being. She is able to see the light in people even when they have lost sight of  it. She believes that we all have the ability to heal ourselves when we step into this light and let it shine. She encourages people to do this.

Laura work is holistic.  She believes that a healing cannot happen without energy. This energy can come from breath, energy work, or a change in diet. When the body and mind have what they need, they can heal themselves.

She believes that happiness and achievement comes from learning and practicing effective skills. Practicing effective skills creates an effective lifestyle. She believes that this is something everyone can learn regardless of past history.

Laura Giles believes in self-determination. Each person has the right to decide what is best for him and how he wants to live.

Laura believes that each person’s time and money are valuable. She strives to earn each person’s business by leaving her client’s with something of value at each contact.

She believes that techniques and education are great, but healing happens when the relationship between client and helper is one of mutual trust and respect. So Laura strives to really understand each person as an individual and earn that trust and respect.

Laura believes in science. She’s always learning and growing to stay on the cutting edge of the latest discoveries to maintain effectiveness. Her areas of concentration are the brain, the gut brain, and energy body.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Laura Giles, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker, speaker, and author based in Richmond, Virginia. Her passion is helping people achieve their dreams and become empowered to solve their own problems. Laura Giles has appeared as an expert guest on radio talk shows across the country and also in newspapers and magazines such as The Daily Herald (Chicago), New You, The Journal Gazette, Almeda Times-Star, Tacoma News Tribune, and East West Woman.

CREDENTIALS

Education
Master of Social Work from Norfolk State University
Bachelor of Science in Human Services Counseling from Old Dominion University

Some Other Trainings
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
Energy Psychology
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
FiveStar Method of Co-Creative Dream Analysis
Hypnotherapy
Jin Shin Jyutsu (JSJ)
Low Energy Neurofeedback System (LENS)
Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP)
Nutritional Rebalancing
Polyvagal Theory
Somatic Experiencing (SE)

Laura’s focus has always been on holistic counseling. Her continuing education focuses on the mind/body connection with particular attention to the brain, gut brain, and quantum physics.

Other Achievements
Adjunct Staff at the National Guild of Hypnotists annual convention (2004, 2005)
Speaker at The International Association for Research and Regression Therapies (2004)
National Registry of Who’s Who in Executive Professionals
Ordained minister

Areas of Expertise
Trauma

Childhood Abuse

Domestic Violence

Narcissistic Abuse

Paranormal PTSD

Religious Trauma Syndrome
Sexual Assault/Rape
Past life/spirit attachment issues