Licensed to practice in 2 states and accepts 13 insurances. Specializes in Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD), Grief, Perinatal Mental Health and 10 more.
New to Grow
Hi, I'm Laura! I am a warm, down to earth, holistic therapist, and I want to help you move through anxiety, burnout, grief, and big life changes. I combine practical coping tools with a gentle, curious space where you can slow down, feel understood, and reconnect with what matters most to you. Together, we will explore your story, notice long standing patterns, and create changes that feel small, realistic, and sustainable.
In our first session, my main goal is to help you feel safe, heard, and not rushed. We will talk about what is bringing you in now, what you have already tried, and what you hope will feel different in your life. I will share how I work, answer your questions, and together we will outline a few gentle starting goals. You can expect a grounded, welcoming space where you do not need the right words and it is okay if you are not sure where to begin. Schedule with me through my calendar!
I focus on creating a safe, collaborative space where you can be honest and not feel judged. My style is warm, curious, and practical as I listen closely to your story and help you make sense of what you are experiencing. I integrate cognitive behavioral strategies, mindfulness, nervous system awareness, and strengths based work so you can understand stress, access your resilience, and build skills that truly fit your life.
The people I work best with are the ones who are tired of white-knuckling it. Maybe you're grieving a loss that other people have already moved on from, including a miscarriage or a pregnancy no one else knew about. Maybe a big transition has left you unsure who you are now. Maybe you're the one everybody leans on, and caregiving has slowly emptied you out. Maybe anxiety has quietly taken over your decisions, your sleep, and your Sunday nights. You don't need to arrive with a tidy explanation or a goal list. You just need a willingness to be honest, even when honest is messy. I also love working with children and teens who are showing their stress through behavior, worry, or shutdown rather than words, and with the parents who are doing their best and want to understand what's underneath it. If you're a caregiver reading this, you're welcome here too. My favorite clients tend to be curious. You're willing to look at old patterns, try something small between sessions, and tell me when something isn't landing. You want more than symptom relief. You want to feel like yourself again, live in line with what matters to you, and stop carrying it all alone. If any of that sounds like you, reach out and let's talk about what you're hoping for.
OCD and anxiety work like a loop. A scary thought or feeling shows up, you do something to make the discomfort go away, the relief works for a moment, and the fear gets a little louder next time. ERP is how we interrupt that loop. Instead of trying to argue with the thought or reassure it away, we practice facing what you've been avoiding while resisting the checking, rituals, reassurance seeking, or mental scrambling that usually follows. Over time your body learns that the anxiety comes down on its own and that you can handle it. We start by mapping the specific worries, triggers, and rituals in your life, then build a list together, ordered from mildly uncomfortable to most difficult. We begin where you feel able to start, never where I think you should be. You'll always know what we're doing and why, and I don't spring surprises on anyone. We practice in session first, then you take smaller versions into your week, and we adjust based on what actually happened. Progress usually comes from repetition and consistency, not from bravery in one big leap. ERP asks something real of you, and it works. If you've been living around your fears rather than through them, reach out and we'll talk about what a first step could look like.
A lot of us spend enormous energy trying to get rid of hard feelings before we let ourselves live. ACT takes a different route. Rather than waiting until the anxiety, grief, or self doubt is gone, we work on making room for those feelings so they take up less of your steering wheel, and then we get clear on what actually matters to you and start moving that direction now. In practice, that looks like a few things. We notice the thoughts that show up most often, the ones like "I'm too far behind" or "I should be over this by now," and we practice seeing them as thoughts passing through rather than facts you have to obey. We build your ability to stay present instead of living in replay or rehearsal. And we spend real time on your values, meaning the kind of parent, partner, friend, or person you want to be, because that becomes the compass for the small choices we work on between sessions. I use ACT often with grief, life transitions, caregiver burnout, and chronic worry, because those are situations where the pain isn't a problem to solve. You can't undo a loss or make uncertainty disappear. What you can do is carry it with more gentleness and keep building a life that still means something. If you're exhausted from fighting your own thoughts and feelings, this work can offer a lot of relief. Reach out and we'll talk about what matters most to you and where you'd like to start.
We all carry a story about who we are, and those stories get shaped by other people's words, hard seasons, and the conclusions we drew when we were too young to know better. Sometimes the story becomes "I'm the anxious one," or "I'm too much," or "I'm the one who holds everyone together." Narrative therapy gives us a way to look at that story out loud, notice where it came from, and decide whether it's actually yours to keep. In our work, that starts with separating you from the problem. Anxiety, grief, or shame is something you're dealing with, not who you are. Naming it that way tends to loosen its grip right away. From there, we go looking for the parts of your story that got left out, the times you did cope, the moments you set a limit, the choices that reflect who you really want to be. Those moments are usually there, just unrecorded. We give them weight, and a fuller and more honest story starts to take shape. I lean on this approach often with grief and loss, identity shifts after a big transition, and clients who've absorbed a lot of criticism about who they are. You are the author here. My role is to ask good questions and help you hear what you've been saying. If your current story about yourself feels too small or too harsh, reach out and let's start rewriting it together.