Laura Choate Ed.D., LPC
Laura Choate, Ed.D., LPC is a professor at Louisiana State University and a licensed professional counselor. She is the author of five books: Girls' and Women’s Wellness: Contemporary Counseling Issues and Interventions, Eating Disorders and Obesity: A Counselor’s Guide to Prevention and Treatment (edited), Adolescent Girls in Distress: A Guide to Mental Health Treatment and Prevention, Swimming Upstream: Parenting Girls for Resilience in a Toxic Culture, and her latest Depression in Girls and Women Across the Lifespan: Treatment Essentials for Mental Health Professionals. Choate has 40 publications in journals and books, most of which have been related to girls’ and women’s mental health.