About
Laura Milbourne
Laura Hope
Milbourne, MS, MA
I am the primary counselor and owner of Laura Hope Counseling. Additionally, I serve as an adjunct professor in the Biblical Counseling Department at Boyce College.
As a counselor, I am committed to providing high-quality, compassionate and competent biblical counseling. I offer a unique blend of over a decade of experience in professional counseling and a high commitment to the Bible as the framework and content for my counsel. My area of focus is specialized counseling services for girls and women.
I consider it an honor and privilege to come alongside people in their pain.
My Story
Over a decade ago, when I was just starting a career in counseling, I prayed “Lord teach me about your healing, I want to be a part of it.” Since that time God has greatly answered that prayer.
I have had the great privilege of sitting with countless hundreds of people in their brokenness and pain, many of whom have been diagnosed with a list of complex mental health disorders, who have been in and out of the mental health system and in counseling for much of their lives, and whom have lost hope for real healing or change. I have also witnessed with my own eyes, broken people, many of whom the world would say are without hope for change, be radically transformed through the power of God’s word and meaningfully connecting with Jesus in their pain.
God has proven himself to me that Christ, his gospel and his view of the world are really the richest, deepest and most transformative help out there. Even for mental health. Even for life’s most challenging problems. It is for this reason that I have a passion and commitment for providing counseling that is high-quality, compassionate, competent and distinctively biblical.
Education & Training.
Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Master of Science in Christian Counseling from Cairn University
Bachelors of Arts in Psychology from Taylor University
Trained in professional counseling- I have completed 3,600 hours of supervised practice in professional counseling (counseling under supervision of a licensed professional) which is the standard requirement for professional licensing in counseling. I completed a year-long counseling internship at a Christian university counseling center and a year-long counseling internship in a specialized treatment program for women suffering from abuse and trauma related difficulties.
Trained in biblical counseling- I have completed supervised practice in biblical counseling through a supervised biblical counseling practicum during my educational course at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Experience.
I have been working in the mental health and counseling field since 2010. My experience includes:
Over 5,000 hours of counseling.
Counseling in private practice as a Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania.
Counseling in high acuity mental health treatment programs- providing both group and individual counseling at the partial hospital and intensive outpatient levels of care.
Counseling using a biblical counseling approach since 2019.
I have worked with women and girls struggling with a wide range of clinically-diagnosable mental health disorders including:
Depression
Anxiety
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Phobias
Bipolar Disorder
Eating Disorders
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, complex PTSD and other trauma related disorders
Additionally, I have counseled countless women and girls regarding difficulties that don’t necessarily come with a label but are just as real and difficult:
Emotional struggles- such as anxiety, shame, feelings of worthlessness, purposelessness, guilt, grief, sadness, loneliness, bitterness and anger.
Behavioral struggles- such as disordered eating, self harm, suicidal thinking and attempts, pornography use, and sexual promiscuity.
Relational struggles- such as marital difficulties, challenges in parenting, singleness and dating.
Responding to the various sufferings and challenges of life- such as trauma, abuse, unfaithfulness of a spouse, parenting adoptive or foster children, loss and chronic illness.