Laura Gonzalez, LMFT

I don’t use cookie-cutter techniques because I understand that everyone has different strengths as well as needs. I like to be a team with my patient where they are the experts of their lives and I’m the expert in de-tangling and supporting them through difficult situations with empathy, compassion and when needed, techniques and psycho education. Patients can expect me to inquire why they have come to therapy, what happened and what their goals/expectations are. Then I will also want to know about their past to better understand how they have gotten to where they are, during this I will be highlighting strengths and needs.

Patients have highlighted my ability to hold compassion towards them and towards the people they have difficult relationships with (whether parents, kids, spouse, or friends) and this has helped them to find compassion towards them which leads to healthier relationships and boundaries. I am very warm and friendly, I am not shy about sharing my thoughts and feelings (when appropriate and patient centered) to help their therapeutic process.

My biggest dream was to be a soccer mom; now I can be found on weekends at my boy’s soccer or baseball games cheering them on or volunteering as team mom. For some down time and relaxing, my favorite thing is to be in water, beach, lake, pool, as long as I’m inside swimming or paddle boarding.