Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
How Laura works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Laura
Laura Lien-Mitobe is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 30 years of experience. She helps people manage anger, stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about what matters to them and try new ways of coping.
Her style is direct and practical. Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps that feel doable. She listens closely and offers concrete tools from different approaches to help people change patterns that cause pain.
Background and approach
Over three decades she has worked with many life concerns, including addiction, compassion fatigue, eating issues, career stress, and the emotional impacts of adoption or aging. She also supports people navigating intimacy and self-esteem struggles, family communication problems, and the fallout from trauma or loss.
Laura uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and build values-based action. She draws on attachment-based work and emotionally focused methods when relationship patterns are central to a concern. Her approach adapts to each person’s needs rather than following a single formula.
Clients can expect a collaborative process that mixes listening, skill building, and coaching. Sessions aim to increase personal insight and to create manageable behavior changes. She practices in California as an LMFT and offers sessions in English.
What Laura works with
Everything Laura lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Laura's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Laura lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking small actions that match those values. It helps with anger, anxiety, and motivation by shifting attention from unhelpful struggle to meaningful steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to change patterns that keep problems going. It is useful for stress, depression, and many everyday struggles. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how past relationship experiences shape current reactions and helps people create different ways of connecting and responding in relationships.Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they will try approaches that suit the concern. That collaborative process means techniques can be mixed and adjusted as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video lets people work face to face from wherever they are. Phone calls work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter setting is easier. Live chat and text sessions are helpful for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when writing feels more comfortable. These options provide flexibility for busy schedules and different communication styles.
Questions people ask about Laura
What kinds of concerns does Laura address?
She supports people dealing with anger, stress, anxiety, grief, relationship and family issues, addictions, eating concerns, and related life transitions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is calm, practical, and client-centered. She listens closely and works with clients to set clear, doable goals.
What is her professional background?
She has 30 years of clinical experience and has worked with a wide range of life and relationship issues over her career.
What credentials and region are listed for Laura?
She is a California licensed marriage and family therapist, listed as LMFT, and practices in California.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she use?
She works with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.