About Laura
Laura Sims is a licensed marriage and family therapist who aims to help people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or life changes. She writes and talks plainly, and focuses on practical steps that make everyday life easier. Her work often addresses mood struggles, trauma, grief, and attention or concentration concerns including ADHD-related challenges.
She keeps conversations respectful and compassionate. Sessions are shaped to fit each person's needs rather than a one-size plan.
Background and approach
That means working on what feels most urgent - sleep, focus, symptoms of anxiety, or managing big emotions - and setting small, achievable goals. Laura draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide conversations and homework between sessions. She helps people recognize patterns that keep problems stuck and then practices new ways of coping.
This can include short exercises, communication skills, and steps to reduce overwhelm. Her background includes more than a decade of clinical experience in California supporting people through grief, depression, trauma, and relationship strain. She brings steady structure and warmth to sessions so people can take manageable steps forward.
Many clients come wanting clearer focus, better coping with panic or persistent worry, and improved communication with others. Laura emphasizes collaboration, so each plan changes as progress is made and new goals arise.
Approaches that help with focus, mood, and coping
Laura uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and clearer thinking. One approach emphasizes structured problem solving and small behavior changes to reduce overwhelm and improve concentration; this helps when anxiety or attention issues make daily tasks feel hard. Another approach focuses on emotion regulation and grounding strategies to manage panic, strong mood swings, and reactions tied to trauma or grief. These techniques teach simple exercises you can use between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to identify what fits their needs, goals, and preferences. Plans are adjusted as progress is made and new challenges appear, so treatment stays relevant and useful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for longer weekly check-ins and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter voice-only check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework support, or people who prefer typed communication.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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