Laurie Richardson, LMFT

Laurie Richardson, LMFT, helps people facing grief, relationship strain, parenting challenges, anxiety, depression, addictions, and the daily stresses that come with life changes. She also supports clients dealing with sleep problems, anger, self-esteem issues, intimacy concerns, and ADHD. Laurie’s style aims to make room for honest feeling and practical next steps. Laurie came to therapy work after long careers in education and the arts. She was a preschool teacher, 7th grade Waldorf teacher, art instructor, graphic designer, copyrighter, and art consultant for more than 20 years. That background influences how she structures sessions, often using creative activities to help people access thoughts and feelings. In sessions she listens first and asks questions that help clarify what matters most. She uses person-centered ideas to center the client’s own knowledge of their life. She also draws on mindfulness practices to slow down strong reactions and solution-focused techniques to set small, achievable goals. Clients often encounter expressive projects during work together, such as writing, drawing, photography, or movement. These activities are used as tools to reveal perspective and track change over time. Laurie describes sessions as a mix of talking, doing, and reflective moments. She maintains a compassionate, down-to-earth approach that balances empathy with practical direction. Laurie is licensed in California as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has five years of clinical experience. She welcomes conversations about living with health challenges and how therapy can fit into a person’s life.

How Laurie’s approaches translate to online work

Laurie uses client-centered ideas to place the client’s own perspective at the center of the work. This means sessions start by asking what matters to the person and proceed at their pace, which can help with issues like depression, relationship concerns, and grief. Mindfulness techniques are used to calm racing thoughts and help clients notice patterns in stress and anxiety, often through brief grounding practices and guided breathing exercises.

Finding the right approach is treated as a team effort. She will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That might mean focusing on short solution-focused steps for immediate concerns or using expressive arts and narrative work to access deeper feelings over time.

Practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of sessions into a busy day, reducing travel time, and allowing creative exercises to be shared in different ways. Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm available options before booking. Laurie emphasizes making therapy workable for daily life, whether prioritizing short check-ins, guided mindfulness practice, or art-based assignments that can be done between sessions.