Works with
How Laura works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Laura
Laura Sims is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people tackle stress, anger, anxiety, and other day-to-day struggles. She writes short, practical steps into sessions so people leave with tools they can use right away. She aims to listen with respect and compassion while working toward clearer goals.
With 13 years of experience in California, Laura focuses on common concerns such as trauma and abuse, grief and loss, depression, attention and concentration challenges, and relationship or intimacy-related issues.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with parenting strain, career transitions, bipolar mood shifts, and feelings of isolation or loneliness. Her sessions are shaped to fit each person's needs rather than using one fixed method. Laura builds treatment plans around what a person wants to change and the skills they already have.
She emphasizes practical strategies for coping, improving communication, and managing strong emotions like anger. People working with Laura can expect straightforward conversations about goals, progress checks, and concrete homework between meetings. She invites clients to try techniques in small steps and to revisit approaches that do not feel helpful.
The focus is on steady, manageable progress rather than quick fixes. Laura practices in California as an LMFT, which means she has clinical training in relationship and family systems and individual therapy. She offers sessions in English and aims to make therapy accessible through different online formats.
What Laura works with
Everything Laura lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Laura's practice.
How evidence-based techniques work online
Laura draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and practical change. One common approach teaches emotion regulation and coping skills to manage strong feelings like anger, anxiety, and panic; it breaks large reactions into smaller steps and suggests concrete practices to try between sessions. Another approach centers on improving attention and organization for people with ADHD-related concentration challenges, using structure, reminders, and short behavior changes to build better routines.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Laura explores your goals, past attempts, and daily routines and then tests methods together to see what fits. If something isn’t helping, she adjusts the plan so therapy stays useful and relevant to your life.
Online formats make this collaborative work easier to fit into busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and demonstrations of exercises. Phone sessions can be a good option when video would be difficult or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, brief coaching, or follow-up between longer sessions. These choices offer flexibility for people balancing work, family, and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Laura
What concerns does Laura address in sessions?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, ADHD, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, anger, career concerns, bipolar mood challenges, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a practical, goal-focused style that tailors conversations and plans to each person. Sessions emphasize skills you can try between meetings.
What is her background and experience?
She has 13 years of professional experience working with people on emotional and behavioral concerns in California.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist licensed in California, listed as LMFT, and she practices in California.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not taking international clients at this time and practices within California.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How are fees and starting set up?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.