About Laurie
Laurie Richardson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California who helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship concerns, parenting struggles, addictions, and ADHD. She brings five years of clinical experience and a practical, down-to-earth approach to sessions. Laurie aims to listen closely and tailor support to the person in front of her.
Laurie returned to graduate school in midlife after careers in teaching, art, and design.
Background and approach
Those roles inform how she works now. She uses creative activities alongside conversation to help people access feelings and try new ways of coping. Her style is warm and interactive.
Sessions may include simple art-making, guided mindfulness, short exercises, or focused questions to clarify goals. Laurie often combines listening with small, concrete steps people can use between meetings. Laurie draws on client-centered principles, which treat the person’s own experience as the guide.
She also uses narrative and solution-focused ideas to help people tell their story differently and find practical next steps. Mindfulness techniques are woven in to support stress and sleep problems. People who work with Laurie can expect an empathetic, grounded presence, and hands-on methods when useful.
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different rhythms and schedules.
Approaches That Meet You Where You Are
Client-centered work places the person’s experience at the center of care; the therapist focuses on listening deeply and helping clients name their needs so they can try solutions that feel right. This approach helps with low self-esteem, relationship concerns, and times of life change.Mindfulness therapy introduces simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and support better sleep and stress management. These short exercises can be used between sessions to steady mood and focus. Solution-focused therapy zeroes in on practical steps and small goals that move someone forward; it’s useful when people want quicker, concrete changes for problems like anxiety, coping, or daily routines.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit your needs. That process is collaborative and may involve trying different techniques until something feels helpful.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let you have face-to-face conversation; phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier when you don’t want to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, quick reflections, or when writing thoughts feels clearer. These options give flexibility to meet during a lunch break, from a quiet car, or between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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