Hi, My name is Laurel Raissman. My style is highly interactive, focused on communication and achieving clients goals. It is important that my clients are comfortable with me and know that I am available to them. Making life changes is not always easy, but I believe in human resilience and strength. I believe in using humor, encouragement, support, validation, and building confidence and self esteem in every meeting.
I believe the first session has two purposes. One to introduce myself and to explain that they are in a safe place. I ask that they tell me what brought them in and the I explain that this session is for them to et comfortable with me. I tell them that I will be learning about them in the information that they choose to share
My thirty plus years of experience as a therapist places me in a truly unique place. I have heard it all and find great joy in helping them along their journey
I use more then one modality. I am a marriage and family therapist. I see clients dealing with many different issues. Anxiety, depression, couple issues, grief to name a few
In couples counseling the therapist is the neutral party in the session. She actually represents the relationship so each of the couples can feel safe in the session