About Laura
Laura Perez is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and LGBTQ concerns. She also supports work on self-esteem, self-love, and finding greater motivation and life purpose.
Background and approach
Her tone is warm and direct, aimed at parents and people who are nervous about starting therapy. She focuses on building an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can name what’s hard.
Sessions are practical and conversational. She listens, reflects, and helps people try new ways of handling difficult feelings and situations.
With thirteen years of clinical work, Laura draws on experience across common life problems. She helps clients with communication problems and caregiver stress, and guides people who want to practice forgiveness or strengthen boundaries.
Her work often centers on breaking down big worries into small, manageable steps. Sessions mix short-term problem solving with steady support for deeper change.
Laura uses straightforward tools to reduce anxiety and improve self-worth, then coaches clients to apply those tools in daily life. Progress is paced to each person’s needs and comfort.
People who prefer a calm, encouraging therapist will find a practical ally in Laura. She encourages honest conversation, tries to reduce shame, and helps people set realistic goals.
Beginning therapy is framed as a series of small, doable steps rather than a jump to a new identity.
How Laura’s approaches work online
Laura uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical steps. One common approach emphasizes skill building for anxiety and stress - it teaches breathing and thought-management strategies to reduce overwhelm and regain daily functioning. Another approach centers on self-worth and motivation, using guided conversations and exercises to identify values and small actions that rebuild confidence and purpose.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust plans based on what helps most. Clients and therapist decide collaboratively which methods fit a person’s needs and pace.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video lets people use eye contact and screen sharing for worksheets, phone calls can work well when bandwidth is low, live chat and messaging suit quick check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options increase flexibility and can help people maintain momentum while juggling school, work, caregiving, or travel.
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- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English