Laura Lien-Mitobe, LMFT
Therapist in California
Laura Lien-Mitobe is a licensed marriage and family therapist with three decades of experience.
- License 17434 · California Expires July 2026
- NPI 1669087573 · national registry
- Experience and languages 30+ years in practice English
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About Laura
Laura Lien-Mitobe is a licensed marriage and family therapist with three decades of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and changes that come with major life transitions. Her approach aims to make therapy a calm, practical place to sort through what matters most.
She offers straightforward, person-centered care. Sessions are often a mix of talking through current problems, identifying unhelpful patterns, and trying small experiments to change daily life.
Background and approach
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and the Gottman Method to guide conversations about emotions, behaviors, and relationships. Laura has worked with people from many backgrounds and with many concerns. Her practice includes support for LGBT issues, addiction and codependency, compassion fatigue, eating concerns, and ADHD-related struggles.
She also pays attention to adoption and foster care matters, attachment questions, and challenges in blended families. Parents and caregivers can expect practical coaching alongside therapy. Laura helps people with communication, setting boundaries, and coping strategies for caregiving stress.
She also offers support for career worries, self-esteem, and intimacy-related issues. Therapy begins by identifying what the client most wants to change. From there she tailors sessions to each person, combining direct tools and reflective conversation.
The goal is clearer choices and better day-to-day functioning, one step at a time.
Credentials
- LMFT (California)
- License 17434 · expires July 2026
- NPI
- 1669087573 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Laura lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Laura names
- Gottman Method
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the approaches Laura names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches for online relationship and life work
Laura uses the Gottman Method to help people understand patterns in their relationships, improve communication, and rebuild trust through concrete exercises and conversations about interaction habits. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is used to clarify personal values, teach acceptance of difficult feelings, and encourage committed actions that match what matters most. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns so people can notice how those patterns affect current bonds and change how they relate to others.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try. That collaborative process helps match tools to the issue at hand rather than relying on one fixed method.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow longer, face-to-face conversations. Phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is limited or for a mid-day check-in. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins, quick coaching, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to maintain steady progress over time.
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Frequently asked
What issues does she help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and parenting challenges, addiction concerns, and many life transitions listed in her specialties.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is person-centered and practical, mixing conversation with skills practice. Sessions often focus on small changes you can try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 30 years of professional experience as a licensed clinician working with a wide range of concerns and populations.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a California LMFT credential and practices in California.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not accepted.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to meet with clients.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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