Laurie Richardson

Laurie Richardson is an LMFT who helps people facing grief, relationship trouble, parenting stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. She works with concerns like addiction, anger, sleep problems, ADHD, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. Laurie also supports those coping with cancer, caregiving strain, aging concerns, and hospice and end-of-life counseling.

She came to therapy work after many years in education and the arts. Her background includes preschool and middle school teaching, art instruction, graphic design, copywriting, and art consulting. Laurie trained through a mix of universities and art programs before completing clinical study and earning a California LMFT credential.

Laurie aims for sessions that feel down-to-earth and practical. She uses a client-centered stance to hear what matters most. She brings expressive arts tools into sessions when useful, such as drawing, writing, movement, or other creative activities to help people notice change and progress.

Her approach also draws on mindfulness and existential ideas to help people notice the present moment and clarify personal meaning. Solution-focused and narrative techniques are used to identify small, manageable steps and to reframe difficult stories into more helpful ones. Sessions often include discussion, creative exercises, guided reflection, and short practices to use between meetings.

She describes her style as sensitive and empathetic, with gentle questions and space for humor and emotion. Laurie encourages people to leave sessions feeling clearer and more able to move forward. To get started she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first appointment.

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and treating the person in front of the therapist with respect. It helps people who need acceptance, clearer self-understanding, and space to make choices that fit their life. Mindfulness Therapy uses short practices to increase present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity, which can help with anxiety, stress, and sleep difficulties. Narrative Therapy helps people tell and reshape the stories they carry, which can reduce shame and open new ways of coping with grief or relationship problems.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Laurie works with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. She adjusts tools and pacing as the work unfolds, checking in about what is useful and what needs to change.

The biography does not list explicit session formats, so please confirm current online and in-person options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow brief check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Creative exercises, guided mindfulness, and narrative work adapt well to remote sessions and can be assigned as between-session practices to keep progress moving.