Dr. Laura R Ortega, LMFT
Compassionate, practical therapy for family and relationship life
About Laura
Dr. Laura R Ortega is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in Florida.
Background and approach
She has 14 years of clinical experience and speaks both English and Spanish. Her work centers on practical help for people facing relationship stress, parenting challenges, and LGBT concerns.
Her approach is direct and collaborative. She helps clients talk through family conflict, communication problems, and the strain of caregiving.
She also offers support for depression, postpartum mood changes, and issues that come with pregnancy and childbirth. Dr.
Ortega draws on several therapy methods to shape sessions around each person's needs. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
She uses the Gottman Method to focus on improving communication and rebuilding trust in close relationships. She also brings Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy into shorter focused work to help people clarify goals and take concrete steps forward.
Narrative Therapy is used when people want to reframe their life story and make sense of difficult experiences. Sessions can be conducted in English or Spanish.
Dr. Ortega invites people who are coping with blended family issues, divorce and separation, fertility and gender-related concerns, hoarding, infidelity, domestic violence effects, social anxiety, and other family-centered problems to explore practical options and next steps.
Therapy approaches and online access
Dr. Ortega often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. She also uses the Gottman Method to target communication patterns and rebuild trust in close relationships.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past. Together they’ll select methods and adjust them as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life. Video calls let people work face to face from different locations. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow for ongoing support between meetings and can be used for brief updates, scheduling, or focused conversations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish