Laura Slagle, LMFT #83605

I am in the process of certification for Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. I have already completed the Externship and Core Skills 1, 2, 3, and 4; Emotionally Focused Family Therapy, and select other EFT trainings. I hold a special place in my heart for women who are in a transitional period of their lives and trying to find their authentic selves. Whether you are struggling with empty nest, single parenting, newly married or remarried, parenting a child with special needs, raising a grandchild, in the process of divorce... or just need to address self-care....I am here to help you find the real you! I have a passion for helping adoptive families find security, attachment, and healing. As an adoptive parent myself, I have a genuine understanding of the adoptive parent's perspective. I have experience working with traumatized families and parents of infants, toddlers, and young children with behavioral problems. Are you exhausted from trying one new parenting technique after another, only to find that the problems have become even worse than before? That's because the solution is not in the type of discipline you use - it is in the relationship you build with your child. Rather than trying one more new parenting program, I can help you let go of past hurts and build family relationships that feel safe, secure, and even fun!

My therapeutic philosophy is strongly influenced by the research and theories of B. Bryan Post, of The Post Institute and Dr. Bruce Perry of the Child Trauma Academy, as well as Bruce Lipton, Daniel Amen, Daniel Goleman, and others in the field of neuroscience. Their work is based on understanding the trauma and processing the stress in order to change behavior.