Therapist in San Jose, CA offering neurodiversity- and queer-affirming therapy

Hi, I’m Laura! Welcome.

I’m a therapist who brings depth, humor, and curiosity to the therapy room. I want to know your experience and what it’s like for you.

Who and how you are is welcome here.

My work is grounded in the belief that you and your experiences make sense, even if it doesn’t always feel that way.

Rather than trying to get rid of thoughts, emotions, or behaviors by force, we look at the role they've been playing for you. If you’ve ever felt like you’re battling with your own brain, this can help you feel more like you’re on your own team.

I’m a depth-oriented therapist working with adults navigating a range of concerns. Most of my experience and development has focused on complex trauma and late-identified autism/ADHD.

Your experiences probably don’t fit neatly into boxes, and you don't have to come in with everything organized and figured out. There are so many spaces that suggest we are too much or not enough, and therapy does not need to be one of them. Tangled knots, walls, and complexity are welcome.

A little more

Something I didn’t expect to hear as much as I do as a therapist is that therapy isn’t like what you see on TV. This often means that the office is more comfortable than expected, and the process is more collaborative than expected (I don’t stare at you and then tell you what you should do). It matters to me what you are actually interested in exploring, what you’re feeling up for on a given day, and the ways therapy is and isn’t working for you.

Though we spend time talking about your concerns, I’m depth-oriented and lean toward experiential processing. Where some therapies are most focused on current solutions, coping skills, or changing the way you think, this kind of therapy is focused toward the roots—your emotional, felt experience and deeply held beliefs. Folks who seek this kind of approach may be in a position where coping skills, self-awareness, or reasoning with yourself has reached a stuck point.

I’ll help guide our work, present options, and even find creative ways together—whether you are coming in for depth work and trauma healing, processing newly recognized neurodivergent identity, or a reliable place while navigating life’s challenges.