Testimonials

“In addition to being a very strong IFS therapist, Laura is able to teach and supervise IFS clearly and thoroughly. I highly recommend her.”

— Dr. Richard Schwartz IFS Founder, after Laura’s assisting at the weeklong Cape Cod Institute

  • Laura is particularly talented at creating a safe, warm, intellectually stimulating and welcoming space.Her group is perfectly balanced – there is time for connection and support with other therapists and plenty of space for IFS-focused learning.I walk away from each group with a new nugget of IFS wisdom from Laura and my peers. It is a space that is recharging, energizing, and fun. 

    — Carrisa Aresta LCSW

    Portland, OR

  • “Laura so naturally creates this safe, sacred space which invites the group to really drop in deeply and bypass any masky pretenses and connect with real treasure both for our psychotherapy parts but most of all for the nourishment of ourselves as a whole. I walked away with immediate support in using IFS with my clients and also feel rejuvenated, so I’m bringing more Self energy to my clients (and my family and friends and life). I feel honored to sing the praises of Laura and this gorgeous offering.”

    — Shimila Keenum, LCSW

    Amherst, VA

  • “Laura’s consult group has been a wonderful addition to my circle of support. I feel safe with Laura at the helm and I highly recommend her groups to my fellow IFS therapists or practitioners. If you are practicing without peer support you are really missing out. Getting feedback from up to 8 others on challenges you are having is incredibly helpful and heart-opening. I have a part that thinks he doesn’t need support. This group has proven him wrong.”

    — Everett Considine

    Certified Level 3 IFS Practitioner, Co-Author of “Rezoom” from Bright Line Eating

— Lissa Rankin, MD

NY Times Bestselling Author

“Laura offered such a genuine, compassionate, respectful, trauma-informed presence to our community, adding the level of safety my scared parts were concerned might be hard to achieve on Zoom. Even with so little time to tend to so many people, what a gift to see people’s triggered parts soften, relax, express, and heal right before our very eyes. Laura’s IFS facilitation is a treasure to parts that are just desperate to be loved. She is a hope merchant for hopeless parts indeed.”

— Dr. Rachel Greenberg Clinical Psychologist - Berkeley, CA @heydrrachel

“Being led by Laura in her IFS Consultation was like a nurturing reprieve from the day. I felt safe immediately with her and the group space because she fosters a welcoming and warm environment. Laura is a gentle leader and obvious expert in IFS and I appreciated the way she grounded the space with meditation, and made sure that everyone’s voice was heard if they needed that. Laura holds the consultative space openly but with reliability and clarity.

I would strongly recommend Laura to anyone looking for an IFS teacher and leader. Being in the IFS consultative space with Laura was incredibly helpful in a short amount of time. Grateful for the experience and the learning.”

“Very grateful to have gotten into a group consultation with you, Laura. The safety, vulnerability, and warmth that you facilitate, in addition to your expertise, have absolutely allowed me to relax and allow my Self energy to lead myself both personally and professionally!”

— P.S.

Registered Psychologist practicing in Alberta, Canada

“I got so much out of (Laura’s group)—which consolidated what I learned at the Cape Cod Institute and Online Circle—so much so that I passed the OC CE test on the first try, all 250 questions of it, with a score of 95%.”

— Amy Klatzkin, LMFT San Francisco, CA

“Laura has so much Self energy and is a great parts detector! She also does a wonderful job of respectfully and confidently holding the structure and container of the consultation group. I felt safe every step of the way. She is most definitely a skilled IFS therapist and consultant.”

— Robin Barre, PhD, LMHC Clinton, WA

“As a fairly new IFS therapist I have found Laura provides a very safe space for the deep self-reflection that is so necessary in a supervision space. I feel supported by Laura’s empathic presence, good humour and embodied sense of the IFS model, along with her Self energy and deep knowledge of working with people therapeutically. I would recommend Laura for anyone looking for supervision.”

— Stephanie Mitchell , Australia

“I would like others to know how safe, grounded, enthusiastic, experienced, and helpful Laura is, how rewarding and engaging these group consults are, and what a wonderful resource they are to practice, learn, and gain support.”

— Tiffany Forsyth, L1 Practitioner | Spokane, WA

“Laura has a unique and vibrant way of facilitating the IFS model. Her warmth, humility and truth telling is refreshing to experience in a supervisor and immediately put my parts at ease...Her ability to show up that way made my parts also want to be brave, unique and authentic with my clients and the groups I lead. Thank you for this!”

— 2024 Consultee

“Laura is warm, open and gentle and committed to encouraging you in your practice. She offers the wisdom of her experience of IFS therapy as well as inviting this from us as participants. She sensitively facilitates you to consider your inner process. This invites a flourishing of the clarity and compassion of Self-leadership within the therapeutic relationship.”

— Melanie

BACP ACC Psychotherapeutic Counsellor Level 3 IFS | United Kingdom

“I feel as if I am not practicing alone. I am the only IFS therapist at the mental health agency where I work at this time. It helps to feel supported by other IFS practitioners. Laura’s way of leading is so very supportive and I can feel her very accepting and warm self-energy.”

— Colleen Olin, LMHC

Washington State

“I feel more confident as an IFS therapist as well as an IFS consultant. I’m more clear of my growth edges and how to work with them. My Self-doubting parts are softer & quieter. I feel more connected and grounded in my true self and more at ease with how others experience me.”

— 2024 Consultee