Being a human is a lot.
Therapy for the messy, complicated parts of being a person and being in relationship with other people.
In-person in Los Angeles + online throughout California
Therapy for yourself.
Maybe you’re anxious, overwhelmed, hard on yourself, stuck in old relationship patterns, or just tired of understanding yourself intellectually without actually feeling any different.
Individual therapy is a place to get curious about what’s underneath it all, make sense of how you got here, and find ways of being with yourself that feel a little less exhausting.
Therapy for your relationship.
Maybe you keep having the same fight. One of you reaches while the other pulls away. You love each other, but somehow you keep missing each other.
Couples therapy is a place to slow the cycle down, understand what’s happening underneath it, and learn how to find your way back to each other.
The thing is, all thoughts, feelings, and behaviors make sense.
Even when they’re making our lives harder.
We develop ways of protecting ourselves for a reason. Maybe you overthink. People-please. Shut down. Get angry. Need reassurance. Keep people at arm’s length. Try to control what happens next.
These patterns usually didn’t come from nowhere. At some point, they probably helped you feel safer, more connected, or more in control. Or maybe they simply helped you get through something hard.
The work isn’t about judging those parts of you or trying to get rid of them. It’s about getting curious about how they got here, what they’re trying to do for you, and finding new ways to respond when the old ones aren’t working anymore.
Hi, I’m Laurel.
I’m a therapist who is endlessly curious about why we do the things we do.
In the therapy room, I’m warm, non-judgmental, and genuinely myself. I’ll ask questions, point out patterns, probably make you laugh sometimes, and help us stay with the harder stuff when it would be easier to move away from it.
I believe there’s a reason we become who we are, and that understanding how we got here matters. I also don’t think insight alone is always enough.
Therapy with me is about understanding yourself more deeply and practicing new ways of relating to yourself and the people you love.
