Testimonials

"If someone could have told me in my first session with Laura Balalaos how much I would have accomplished just in one year, I may have not believed them. But it is through the genuine compassion and knowledge Laura has shown me that I can be the exact person I want to be. Without Laura’s inextinguishable patience and empathy, I would have not known how powerful my own thoughts can be. Through the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Laura has taught me, I have worked towards making positive decisions through connecting my thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Laura always maintains professionalism and goal-oriented thinking, putting the best interest of her patient first. My sessions with Laura helped me especially in feeling mindful, accepting, and motivated. With these new skills, I was able to conquer my depression as I went from a reclusive, suicidal high school student to a successful illustrator away at college. Today I am a Resident Advisor, Admissions Student Ambassador, working illustrator, and student. Every day I use the tools that Laura guided me to in order to maintain my relationships with my family, friends, partner, coworkers, and most importantly, myself."

"I brought my daughter for weekly therapy sessions with Laura last year as she was experiencing a great deal of stress and anxiety pertaining to having a brother with a disability and dealing with the overall stress of our family at the time.
Laura was extremely professional, supportive and caring from the start. She developed a rapport with us and with my daughter who felt comfortable and at ease to share her feelings with her. Laura is a very effective therapist using not only cognitive behavioral skills to help my daughter change the way she viewed her stress but provided her with healthy coping mechanisms and skills through play therapy and creativity with various art work. My daughter was able to not only share her feelings about her brother but had the ability to know appropriate ways to react and navigate through family issues and issues that arose with friends at school. She soon discovered that she had a voice and the power to change her reactions in order to receive positive outcomes. Laura also provided us with community resources for additional activities and support. She met with us as a family as well and always checked in about subjects of crisis pertaining to our daughter's mental health and safety.
Our daughter is behaving so much better as her communication with us has increased and she is respectful and appropriately expressive in sharing her feelings with us. We see so much of a difference, and we continue to use the tools that Laura had taught us in our daily lives. We are grateful to have had such a supportive therapist and we recommend her highly."

Client Testimonials