Welcome to my practice. My name is Laura Ahlstrom. I graduated with a Master of Science degree from the University of Las Vegas, Nevada and I am currently registered in the state of Nevada as a Marriage and Family Therapy Intern. I am glad to offer counseling to individuals, couples, and families in both English and Spanish. I primarily work from an office located in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, I also offer my services to clients in rural Nevada using Teletherapy. 

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Therapeutic Approach

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My clinical practice is systemically oriented. This means that in my efforts to understand the experience that my clients present in therapy, I attend to the relationships and the cycles of interaction in their lives. This perspective offers an integrated understanding of my clients's adversity, their values, and their hopes for therapy. I am heavily influenced by humanistic, cognitive behavioral models of treatment, and attachment theory. I believe that all my clients have innate strengths and abilities. Therapy is then an opportunity to tap into those resources by creating a safe space to both examine objectively and to process thoughts and feelings that seem to be an obstruction to progress. Naturally, the learning and healing process must continue out of the therapy room in order to make lasting change. Therefore, a part of the therapeutic process may include assignments outside of the therapy room.  

 

Specialties

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I have experience working with clients seeking help with a number of issues including:

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• Anger Management

• Anxiety

• Divorce

• Domestic Violence

• Grief & Loss

• Impulsive Behaviors

• Infidelity

• Life Transitions

• Mood Disorders

• Parenting

• Relationship Difficulties

• Self-Esteem

• Sex Therapy

• Sexual Abuse

• Spirituality

• Stress Management

• Trauma