Laura C Mallory

LMFT

• California, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, 103976

Assistance to cope and heal from anxiety, depression, trauma and ADHD for 11 years; Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist 2017 Collaborative process to create treatment goals by the 5th session of therapy. Residential treatment counselor for teens with Eating Disorders for 3 months in 2018 Trained in Person Centered Expressive Arts Therapy since 2019 Expressive Arts Therapy helps you to better understand, cope with, and develop acceptance towards all the different parts of you. The part that feels angry, standoffish and hesitant, another part that feels a lot of things such as sad, overwhelmed , anxious, or traumatized. I help you to integrate all those parts so that you feel empowered, and understand how to move forward towards goals in your life. Person Centered Therapy means that you decide when you want to talk, use writing or other creative modality to explore the challenges you came to therapy for. My job is to stay present and attuned to you, and offer options that I think may be helpful. You always have the option to choose a different way of exploring . Consultation on regular basis in Internal Family Systems modality described below: We all have a Self, core essence; due to challenges and trauma, different parts of ourselves become "cut off" from that Self. For example , you may develop a self-critical part. The goal is to help you to integrate the cut-off parts of yourself. We struggle to feel whole and fully empowered when we do not have an awareness and acceptance of all of our parts and our roles. I use Expressive Arts and Person Centered Therapy to help you develop this self acceptance, to release work through and transform emotions and attitudes toward life experiences.