Attachment-based Therapists in Hood County, TX

Each person’s story is unique based on their own life’s experiences. Difficult life challenges can make you feel anxious, depressed, overwhelmed and “stuck”. Are negative thoughts and feelings causing you to doubt yourself, interfering with your ability to find solutions and move forward? Do you struggle with painful, past experiences resulting in trust issues, and fear of forming relationships with others? I strive to provide a safe, non-judgmental space where I can help you learn new coping skills and develop a healthy relationship with yourself and others. Connection through relationships is essential for a healthy happy life.

I offer a safe, supportive outpatient environment for individuals and couples, with an active focus on recovery from trauma, addiction and relapse recovery/prevention. For addictions I utilize a recovery task model to inspire and build an overall awareness, commitment, and responsibility to the treatment process. Individual therapy and group involvement maybe skillfully utilized to build emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical health to strengthen ties with self and with others. To treat trauma my training and skill in DBT, PIT, and EMDR are used to assist clients towards achieving a more expedient recovery than the utilization of other typical therapy methods alone.

Laura is gentle and loves to listen; prides herself on being able to use her empathic abilities to see the individual as who they are, and not what they are struggling with. Has experience working with children ages 6+, individuals, groups, and families; Anxiety, Trauma, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Self-esteem, Depression, Grief, Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Stressors. Utilizes a Client Centered Holistic Approach to help clients understand the Mind/Body Connection. When she is not in sessions she can be found in her garden with her cat and two dogs.

My patients are real people with real struggles. Some have experienced unspeakable traumas in their past and some are struggling to get through their day. They come from all different seasons in life but share a common goal of desiring a fuller, healthier, and happier life.

I strive to provide a warm, supportive environment for individuals and families to work through the challenges of everyday life. Together, we will work collaboratively to identify specific barriers that prevent you from thriving and then build the personal skills needed to live a more fulfilling life.

I am most passionate about working with people who are not happy with their current situation and wanting to make a change. For individuals this might be wanting to analyze the relationship they are in, make a career change, challenge old mindsets that are no longer working for them or disuss current mental health symptoms they are experiencing. For couples this could be exploring compatability, communication challenges, lack of intimacy, ongoing conflict, confronting addiction or having experienced an affair. My training in trauma, addiction and recovering from affairs allows me to work with the most challenging circumstances.

We find ourselves feeling anxious, depressed, angry, and panicky we have no idea why. Negative emotions, feelings and behaviors are generally caused by unresolved earlier experiences that are pushing you in the wrong directions. The goal of EMDR therapy is to process completely the experiences that are causing problems and store them with appropriate emotions in the brain, and to include new ones that are needed to guide you in positive ways in the future.The inappropriate emotions, beliefs, and body sensations will be discarded. Leaving you with the emotions, understanding, and perspectives that lead to healthy and useful behavior.

Are you ready to find help with struggles that have kept you stuck in the same place for far too long? Do you need a safe person to talk to that you can trust has your best interest in mind? Do you need encouragement and maybe even some idea of how to move forward? My goal as a counselor is help my clients discover Clarity, Direction, and Healing as they move through the counseling process.

Things seem dark; you may be overwhelmed, but you are not alone. I believe that our relationships shape and define us, as we come to know ourselves by being known. We can feel broken by relationships, but relationships also have the power to heal as we begin to experience ourselves in a new and powerful way. This is a tremendously vulnerable, scary, and exciting place to be. Sometimes it takes reaching the point of desperation to take this leap into new and unknown territory. Change is always possible, and there is no such thing as "too late", but it takes courage to begin.

It's challenging to figure out what to do when the bottom drops out from under you! How do I make sense of this? Will life ever be normal again? These are valid thoughts and feelings when you feel gripped by anxiety, or life isn't going as you had thought or planned. While facing pain can be scary and challenging, I believe change is possible. If you feel stuck, I want to walk with you and help you find your way toward connectedness and wholehearted living. I am honored to come alongside you to help you develop healthy patterns and live to become the person you are created to be. I'm here to help you find hope and begin healing.

Life is fragile and sometimes unpredictable. Unexpected or painful experiences can alter your life in profound ways. The cord of hope that connects you to your life and dreams can become strained or broken. You may feel anxious, sad, or angry. Perhaps some time has passed and you realize that time alone does not heal all wounds. Whether your wound is new or old, counseling can help. You don’t have to go through it alone. It would be my honor to join with you as you move through your struggles and experience more self-acceptance, peace, fulfillment, connection, and healing.