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Laurie Richardson

Laurie Richardson, LMFT

Therapist · California · 5+ years of experience

Empathetic therapist blending talk and creative work

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At a glance

Listed location
California
Experience
5+ years
Credentials
LMFT
Languages
English
License (California)
LMFT · No. 132096
NPI
1851035059

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  • Person-centered approach
  • Expressive arts integration
  • Aging and life transitions

About Laurie

Laurie Richardson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California. She brings five years of clinical experience and a long personal history of teaching, art, and parenting to her work. Laurie aims to help people handle relationship strain, grief, stress, anxiety, caregiving challenges, and aging and geriatric issues. She uses a warm, down-to-earth style and treats each person with attention and respect.

Laurie returned to graduate school midlife after careers in teaching, art, and design. That background influences how she works - practical, creative, and flexible. She favors a person-centered stance that trusts clients to know themselves while offering tools, perspective, and structure. Sessions often include direct conversation, gentle questions, and moments of reflection.

Creative expression plays a role in Laurie’s approach. She incorporates expressive arts such as drawing, writing, music, photography, and other hands-on activities when useful. These activities are offered as tools to help people notice change and process feelings in an alternative way to talk alone.

Her sessions are described as interactive and varied, with room for humor, silence, emotion, and insight. Laurie pays particular attention to issues like caregiver stress, end-of-life concerns, and the transitions that come with aging. She aims to listen closely, acknowledge what matters, and help people move forward with small, practical steps.

Laurie works with people who want a collaborative, empathetic therapist who integrates creativity into therapy. Prospective clients should be prepared to discuss goals and try approaches that fit their needs.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesGriefParenting issuesSelf esteemCoping with life changes

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersAnger managementDepressionCoachingADHD

Additional focus areas

Aging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressCommitment issuesCommunication problemsDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyExistential TherapyMindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

5+ years

Credentials

California

Languages

English

How Laurie’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance, and supporting each person’s own insight. In practice this means the therapist reflects what she hears and helps people identify their own next steps. Mindfulness Therapy brings attention to the present moment through breathing, grounding, and simple awareness exercises that reduce reactivity and stress. These techniques can help with anxiety, sleep problems, and stress related to caregiving or aging. Narrative Therapy invites people to tell and reshape the stories they live by, helping them separate problems from identity and notice strengths amid difficulty.

Finding the right approach is often a collaborative process. Laurie will work with each client to try a few approaches and adjust based on how well they match goals, needs, and preferences. She aims to explain methods plainly and involve clients in choosing the tools that feel most helpful.

Confirm available session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, skip travel time, or check in between appointments. It also supports using creative tools and exercises during a session with short assignments between meetings. Talk with the therapist when you schedule about how to best shape sessions to your routine and goals.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Laurie help with?

She supports people facing relationship problems, grief, parenting stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, and related life changes.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Laurie uses a warm, person-centered style that combines listening, practical questions, and collaborative problem solving. Sessions often include creative activities alongside conversation.

What is her professional background?

She returned to graduate school midlife and draws on many years as a parent, teacher, and art professional to shape her work as a therapist.

What credentials and region are listed?

Laurie is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, licensed in California.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

The biography mentions both in-person and telehealth as ways she sees people; confirm current session formats when booking.

How is cost handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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