About

Hello!  I’m Laurie.

I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Colorado and Arizona.

I’m the oldest of 4 siblings, a six on the Enneagram, and an ISFJ on the Meyers-Briggs (if that kind of thing interests you). My husband and I are Colorado natives who decided to make a pandemic move in 2020 to the desert with our daughter.

I received my Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Seattle Pacific University in 2004 and my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Colorado in 2001.

I love being a therapist, and for over 20 years have been providing compassionate and strengths based therapy for individuals, couples and families wanting to make positive changes in their lives and relationships. In the last decade my work has been primarily with couples because I see the couple relationship as the dyad that most impacts the entire family. The healthier the couple, the healthier the family.

My work as a therapist is guided by my belief that every person has inherent strengths and the best way to achieve the goals you set for yourself in therapy, and in life, is to build off those strengths.  I hold a positive and hopeful stance in therapy, recognizing that for the most part we are all doing the best we can with what we have AND we have the capacity to learn and grow.

When I’m not in sessions, you might find me cheering on my daughter at a Unified Sports event, working on my pickleball game with my husband, reading a book for book club, or trying to keep my house plants alive.