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- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and loss
- Self esteem work
About Laura
Laura Shaw, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 24 years of professional experience. She focuses on stress and anxiety, grief and loss, parenting concerns, self-esteem and motivation, and coping with life changes. She uses client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral therapy to guide sessions.
Laura emphasizes clear, direct conversation. She helps people name what is difficult and notices patterns that keep problems going. Sessions aim to identify practical steps clients can try between meetings. The tone is straightforward and focused on progress rather than labels.
Her background includes long-term clinical work with adults facing relationship strain, caregiver stress, and the challenges that follow separation or divorce. She also addresses attachment issues, communication problems, and post-traumatic stress reactions. Work often includes exploring guilt, shame, forgiveness, and questions about life purpose.
In sessions she draws on Client-Centered Therapy to listen closely and shape the work around each person’s perspective. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thoughts and behaviors that maintain distress and to develop alternative strategies. These approaches are used to help people manage symptoms and make concrete changes.
People who value a practical, conversational style may find this approach useful. Laura supports women’s issues and self-love work as part of broader treatment. Her practice also attends to caregiver concerns and the stresses those roles bring.
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How her approaches guide remote sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely to the client's experience and letting the person's priorities shape the work. It helps when someone needs a respectful space to sort feelings, explore relationships, or clarify personal goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It is practical and skills-based, useful for anxiety, stress, and changing habits that interfere with daily life.
Finding the best approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the client to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative decision can change as progress is made.
Confirm the session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Therapists trained in these approaches use the same core techniques remotely, focusing on clear goals and practical exercises that clients can use between sessions.
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Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
24+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she focus on?
She works on stress, anxiety, grief, parenting, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, caregiver stress, communication problems, and post-traumatic stress.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses Client-Centered Therapy to listen and shape sessions around the client's perspective. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
She has 24 years of professional work experience in clinical practice.
What credential does she hold and where?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, licensed in California.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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