Laura was born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in the greater Tampa Bay area. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Tampa and her Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Wake Forest University.
Coming from a blended family, Laura brings both personal insight and a passion for helping people understand how their relationships and past experiences shape who they are today. Laura has a particular passion for working with individuals navigating relational trauma, religious trauma, people-pleasing, low self-esteem, divorce/breakups, and major life transitions. She often works with clients who feel disconnected from themselves, struggle to trust their own decisions, or find themselves repeating relationship patterns they want to change.
In her work with couples, Laura especially enjoys working with seriously dating, premarital couples who want to build a strong foundation for their relationship. She helps couples navigate communication difficulties, recurring conflict, emotional disconnection, and major relationship transitions.
Laura is EMDRIA-Approved EMDR-trained, Gottman Trained, and a SYMBIS premarital counseling facilitator. Laura takes an eclectic approach to therapy, tailoring her work to the unique needs of each client. She pulls from modalities such as Internal Family Systems (IFS), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), and other evidence-based approaches. She believes therapy should offer both a safe space to understand where patterns originate and practical tools to create meaningful change.
Outside the therapy room, Laura loves staying creative. With a background and continued work in home design and styling, she enjoys bringing ideas to life. Whether designing a space, styling an event, creating a meaningful gift, or dreaming up her next creative project. Creativity continues to be an important outlet for her and a way to engage a different side of herself outside of counseling. You may also find her spending time with friends and family, or walking her Cavapoo, Graham—usually with her husband and a coffee in hand.
“Deep human connection is the purpose and the result of a meaningful life – and it will inspire the most amazing acts of love, generosity, and humanity.” -Melinda Gates
