Laura Shaw

Laura Shaw is a California licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, with 24 years of professional experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, and life changes. Her work also covers attachment concerns, caregiver stress, communication problems, and questions about life purpose.

Laura uses a straightforward, person-focused way of working. Sessions are a place to talk through what is on your mind, sort priorities, and try small changes that make daily life easier. She combines listening with practical tools when those are useful, including techniques from cognitive behavioral work.

Clients often come when a major change has left them unsure what to do next. She supports people sorting through divorce and separation, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and post-traumatic stress reactions. Parenting topics and women’s issues are also part of her caseload.

Her approach centers on helping people name what matters and testing ideas that can change how they cope. Sessions aim to be focused and concrete, with time for reflection and planning. Laura encourages steady steps rather than big leaps when someone feels stuck.

She practices in California and conducts sessions in English. Before scheduling, readers should confirm the current session options and formats available through the platform.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and responding to each person's concerns. In practice this means sessions focus on the client's priorities and the therapist reflects back what she hears to help clarify next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses practical exercises to change thinking patterns and behaviors that keep stress and anxiety in place. CBT techniques can help with low self-esteem, anxiety, and coping after loss.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss preferences, goals, and what has helped or not helped before recommending methods. That collaborative process means adjustments can be made as needs evolve during therapy.

The platform’s session formats should be confirmed before booking because the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove commute time. It can also let people use audio-only if that suits them better or save longer video sessions for deeper work. Ask about the current session formats when you complete the matching questionnaire so practical arrangements match your day-to-day life.