I started seeing Laura five years ago shortly after a suicide attempt. I was amidst a lengthy, painful cycle of hospital and treatment for a life threatening eating disorder. While I have found myself in the walls of therapist offices since the age of 6, I believe there is a reason it is only since Laura I have been able to break that cycle and enter onto a path of true recovery. The level of professionalism offered and maintained through the depth of Laura's space holding is incomparable. The warmth of her being shines through in her ability and eagerness to endlessly support a client back to the safety and wholeness of their innate being. While she is a certified psychotherapist, it is evident the letters beside her name are for no one but the insurance company. And although she takes great pleasure in continuing education - she has a unique approach that honors the journey she herself has walked in this life rather than spewing words learned from a textbook. With this she is able to treat with an approach that dissipates the idea that we were ever broken or wrong. This offering bypassed the power dynamic/dependence previously imposed in therapy settings. It allowed for not solely skill building to cope, but also for a development of the true knowing that the tools needed to overcome and persevere to invite my highest self forward, are already within. Laura is a guide, a teacher above all else - and will show you that you, too, are a teacher. That we are all one; no less, no more than any other who walks this earth. This humble teaching is what has allowed me to come the most into my person and navigate the narratives I carry in regards to myself and the world. She has a true gift of meeting the client where they are and navigating trauma in an informed fashion that does not allow for re-traumatizing. Not only does Laura know how to hold the safest of spaces, she has an art for inviting the individual back to safety within their own body - offering sincere and continuous support with this guidance. Her approach has not only helped disassemble the parts of myself I thought I knew and was so sure about, but has brought me closer to the meaning of why we are all here - and allowing me to find my own place in that. A quote she often reminds me of is 'we are all just walking each other home.' Each session with Laura allows for not only a clearer vision into this perspective, but a resonator of its truth. And for me to choose to stay alive on this earth, this approach was necessary.