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3060 Valencia Ave. Suite 6
Aptos, CA 95003

831-460-2550 x15

Laura provides counseling in Santa Cruz and surrounding areas for those who are tired of surviving through the monotonous, unsatisfying patterns and relationships in which so many of us feel stuck. Specialties include Christian counseling; marriage counseling; help for teens and families; and healing from anxiety, stress, depression or a painful past.

Helpful resources for healing in Santa Cruz

Valuable resources to help you address a variety of life challenges.

Emotional Health:

Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself, Melody Beattie

The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge, Beatrice Chestnut

Boundaries For Your Soul: How to Turn Your Overwhelming Thoughts and Feelings into Your Greatest Allies, Alison Cook & Kimberly Miller

The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery, Ian Morgan Cron

Wholeheartedness: Busyness, Exhaustion and Healing the Divided Self, Chuck DeGroat

Anatomy of the Soul: Surprising Connections Between Neuroscience and Spiritual Practices That Can Transform Your Life and Relationships, Curt Thompson MD

The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves, Curt Thompson MD

Self to Lose - Self to Find: A Biblical Approach to the 9 Enneagram Types, Marilyn Vancil

relational Health:

Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life, Henry Cloud and John Townsend

The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide From the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert, John Gottman and Nan Silver

Safe Haven Marriage: Building a Relationship You Want to Come Home To, Dr. Archibald Hart and Dr. Sharon Hart Morris

Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations For a Lifetime of Love, Sue Johnson

Anxiety:

Can Christianity Cure Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? A Psychiatrist Explores the Role of Faith in Treatment, Dr. Ian Osborn

Depression:

Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, Dr. David Burns

I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression, Terry Real

Trauma/Emotional Pain:

The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel Van Der Kolk MD

Mending the Soul: Understanding and Healing Abuse, Steven Tracy

It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle, Mark Wolynn

Foster Families:

ReMoved, a short video that illustrates a bit about the daily reality that many foster children face.

The Post Institute: great support materials for foster and adoptive parents who want to understand and address some of the challenging behaviors that foster children often exhibit.