Hi, I’m Laura! Welcome.

I’m a therapist in San Jose, CA 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.

Instead of trying to get rid of thoughts, emotions, or behaviors by force, we look at the role they've been playing for you. This opens the possibility to change things in a way that doesn’t feel like you’re battling your own brain.

"You aren't just the age you are. You are all the ages you ever have been." —Kenneth Koch

Chronologically, the past is behind us, but inside, it’s still with us. We hear that time heals all wounds and hope that if we just push the past away hard enough it won’t affect us. But sometimes when you struggle to make changes it’s because there’s a past part of you calling the shots without you even knowing. Part of you knows this, part of you feels that. I love helping folks resolve this tension and move forward with more self-trust and understanding.

Folks I Work With

I work with deep thinkers and feelers of all backgrounds navigating a range of experiences. Complex trauma and late-identified autism/ADHD are my primary areas of focus. Within those (and beyond), clients come in with concerns about depression, anxiety, burnout, chronic illness and pain, obsessive-compulsive patterns, relationship difficulties, life transitions, grief, and more.

I feel passionate about helping people understand themselves better and make changes to lifelong patterns that once served a very important purpose and aren’t needed anymore.

How I Work

Something I didn’t expect to hear as much as I do is that therapy isn’t like what you see on TV. The office is more comfortable, the process is more collaborative. It matters what you actually want to explore, what you’re feeling up for on a given day, and the ways therapy is and isn’t working for you.

I am empathetic and engaged with an orientation toward depth and experiential processing. Though we talk about your concerns (and sometimes work on practical tools and strategies), this kind of therapy is focused on what’s underneath—your emotional, felt experience and the deeply held beliefs that impact you and your life. This approach might be helpful if symptom management, self-awareness, or quick solutions have reached a stuck point or left parts of you feeling unseen.

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