Meet Laura

Laura is a registered psychotherapist who has been working in children’s mental health for over 10 years at accredited children’s mental health centres and in private practice. She supports families with children and teens who are struggling with issues like anxiety, sadness, feelings of anger, social struggles, attention and learning difficulties, family conflict, behaviour challenges at home and school, and parenting challenges and insecurities. She has specialized experience in supporting mental health challenges related to learning disabilities and neurodiversity. 

Laura explores how “big feelings” contribute to problems and challenging behaviours. She works with children and teens to better understand their emotional experiences, tolerate their feelings, and use coping strategies to regulate their emotions and behaviour. Laura appreciates that it can be hard for kids to engage in traditional therapies and she is playful and creative in adapting her strategy and approach.

Laura recognizes that parents are a key factor in promoting children’s mental health. She knows how intense, complicated, and emotionally vulnerable it is to be a parent. She approaches parenting with compassion and without judgement. Laura works with parents to better understand their children’s emotions and to respond in ways that promote coping and parent-child relationships. She supports parents to explore their own experiences as parents and to manage their own stresses and triggers. It’s her goal for parents to feel confident in their parenting approach and their relationship with their child.

The first step is a phone call with our Client Care Coordinator Anne-Marie to ensure that we get you set up with right support for your family’s unique needs.

Areas of treatment

Techniques used

• Emotion Focused Family Therapy

• Emotion Focused Skills Training

• Emotion Focused Therapy

• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

• Parent/Caregiver Coaching

• Solution Focused Therapy

Education

• Masters of Education in Counselling Psychology from the University of Toronto

• Masters of Science in Family Relations and Human Development from the University of Guelph

• Bachelors of Applied Science in Child, Youth and Family from the University of Guelph

Certifications

• Emotion Focused Family Therapy

• Emotion Focused Skills Training

• Emotion Focused Therapy 

• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

• Triple P Positive Parenting Program Facilitator

• COPEing with Challenging Behaviours Program Facilitator

Professional organizations

• College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario