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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.

Heal From Your Past

Does your past seem to hold you captive? Symptoms caused by trauma and PTSD suck the joy out of life and relationships. Find out more about how to heal from your past.

Heal From Your Past


None of us had a perfect childhood, but for some of us, what was or wasn’t said or done by our parents or caregivers continues to affect us far more than we’d like to admit. If this is the case for you, it doesn’t mean that you are weak or broken just because you continue to experience pain from your past; it means that you haven’t yet been able to process what happened to you in a way that allows your brain and body to let go and move forward. When we experience emotional pain as children, especially at the hands of the people upon whom we rely the most, we internalize these experiences in ways that help us to survive but that aren’t necessarily accurate. Sometimes we shove these painful experiences so deep we aren’t even aware that we’re still affected by them, and yet we can’t figure out why we can’t get close to anyone or why we continue to attract the same type of person or repeat the same tiresome patterns in our relationships.

If any of this sounds familiar, you are not alone! I know that the thought of revisiting past emotional pain can seem daunting or even downright terrifying. Ultimately, you are the only person who can decide when you are ready, but I am here to testify that doing so can change your life, freeing you from bondage to the past and lifting the burdens you have been carrying that have weighed you down with their lies. I can help you to deal with the pain of your past in a way that doesn’t leave you feeling overwhelmed so that you can actually heal and resolve this pain once and for all. If this sounds like something you are ready to explore, click the button below to schedule a free phone consultation and take the first step toward healing from experiences that were not your fault and that no longer need to define or control you.