Laura Lien-Mitobe , LMFT

Laura Lien-Mitobe is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 30 years of clinical experience practicing in California. She offers a client-centered, non-judgmental, and compassionate approach that supports people as they explore patterns, emotions, and life events that may be causing pain or getting in the way of personal goals and growth. Over the course of her career she has worked with individuals, couples, families, and groups across a wide range of concerns, and she has also spent time working as a teacher.

Her clinical work draws on several evidence-informed modalities, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy. Laura tailors her approach to each person - blending tools and perspectives to address stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and family issues, parenting challenges, addictions, compulsive behaviors, eating concerns, intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, career stress, and ADHD. She also brings focused experience with abandonment, adoption and foster care matters, caregiver stress, codependency, and life transitions for older adults.

Laura has particular interests in pet loss and compassion fatigue, including support for veterinarians and helping professionals who face chronic exposure to stress and loss. Her practice emphasizes collaboration - working alongside clients to identify values, build coping strategies, and create steps toward a more enriched and resilient life.