Laurie Richardson, LMFT

Laurie Richardson is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and parenting concerns, and everyday habits like sleep and anger. She also supports those facing addiction, life transitions, intimacy challenges, ADHD, and caregiving or aging-related strain. Laurie writes plainly and listens closely to what each person brings to a session.

Laurie returned to graduate school at midlife, bringing experience from parenting, preschool and 7th grade Waldorf teaching, art instruction, graphic design, copywriting, and long work as an art consultant. That varied background informs a flexible, down-to-earth style in therapy. She values empathy and treats people with dignity as they talk through practical problems.

Her work is rooted in client-centered care that treats the person as the expert on their own life. Laurie often uses expressive arts activities such as poetry, photography, drawing, music, and movement to help ideas become more concrete. Sessions can include simple art, games, guided meditation, and conversational work that leads to clearer thinking and new options.

Laurie emphasizes collaboration. She listens first, then tailors a plan that fits the individual’s goals and daily life. Her aim is to leave people feeling lighter, more understood, and equipped with steps they can try between sessions.

Laurie holds a California LMFT credential and has five years of clinical experience. She works with adults on a range of emotional and practical concerns and offers sessions in English.

How Laurie’s approaches guide online work

Client-centered work focuses on listening and following the person’s lead. The therapist helps people clarify what matters most and builds plans that fit their life, which is useful for relationship, grief, and day-to-day habit concerns.

Mindfulness Therapy brings attention to present-moment experience through simple exercises. It can help with anxiety, stress, sleep problems, and emotional reactivity by teaching short practices to use between sessions.

Laurie treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She listens to goals and preferences, then tries methods that match the client’s needs. Clients and therapist check in and adjust course together if something is not working.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week and keep momentum between meetings. Because the original biography refers to telehealth, confirm the specific session formats offered before booking. Ask whether a session will be video, phone, or another option and choose what fits your schedule and technology. Online work can allow shorter check-ins, flexible timing around work or caregiving, and continuity when travel or relocations occur.