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Hi, I’m Laura.

I’m so glad you’re here!

I am an EMDR and trauma-focused therapist, specializing in supporting high-performing, self-aware women.

I have the privilege of working with women who have often done therapy before and are ready to go beyond insight, toward deeper, lasting change.

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I offer thoughtful, depth oriented therapy.

I help clients go beneath the surface to finally move through what’s been stuck. '

We work to shift old patterns, build self-trust, and create space for peace and safety.

I honor your insight while helping you uncover the parts of yourself still carrying pain.

Through our work, clients often reclaim calm, rebuild inner trust, and reconnect with themselves.

Clients often choose to work with me because they’re not looking for surface-level coping tools - they want depth.

I collaborate, challenge gently, and offer insight, integrating EMDR and other tools in a grounded, relational way.

My Therapeutic Approach

I draw from a range of approaches and tailor each session to meet your unique needs, goals, and pace.

You will always be met with a trauma-informed, strengths-based, and holistic perspective.

Some of the approaches I find most helpful and transformative for the women I work with include:

  • EMDR is an evidence-based treatment for trauma. It helps your nervous system do what it naturally wants to do: heal.

    Together, we work with memories, beliefs, and experiences that still feel heavy or overwhelming, allowing them to soften and integrate in a safe, contained, and often deeply relieving way.

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  • I often use Inner Child work and Internal Family Systems to help clients make sense of different parts of themselves that show up in response to stress, anxiety, or overwhelm.

    This approach allows us to approach those parts with curiosity and compassion, making space for understanding, relief, and healing.

  • When anxiety, trauma, or stress take over, it can feel impossible to feel safe in your own body or mind.

    Mindfulness is an evidence-based practice that can help you build that internal safety by developing awareness, compassion, and steadiness in the present moment.

    I use mindfulness to help clients feel safer within themselves, relate differently to difficult emotions, and experience life more fully.

I am passionate about helping women move from feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or “not good enough,” toward a life of joy, clarity, and presence.

I love my work - it is an absolute honor to sit with women as they discover, heal, and grow toward a version of themselves that is safe and free.

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Here, there is room for the full weight of your experiences.

I have extensive experience working with trauma, anxiety, perfectionism, chronic stress, and burnout.

Many women I work with worry that their experiences are “too much,” “too intense,” or too complicated to bring into therapy.

I want you to know that nothing you bring to therapy with me is too heavy.

I’m comfortable working with emotional intensity and helping you stay grounded while we explore together - every part of you is welcome here.

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker

    CA, #128753

  • Masters in Social Work

    CSU, Chico

    Bachelors in Psychology

    UC, Santa Cruz

  • EMDR Training

    The Institute for Creative Mindfulness

    Perinatal Mental Health

    Postpartum Support International