About Laura
Dr. Laura Fernandez helps people struggling with anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, low self-esteem, and relationship concerns. She is a Florida psychologist with 14 years of clinical experience and offers approachable, practical support for people facing major life changes and emotional pain.
Her approach centers on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that address trauma, mood shifts, and patterns that create repeated conflict. Sessions focus on clear goals, skills people can use between meetings, and learning to set and maintain healthier boundaries.
How Laura works
She also supports people dealing with grief, caregiving strain, chronic illness, and career stress. Dr. Fernandez uses straightforward language and an empathic style.
She helps people identify unhelpful patterns, practice new ways to cope, and make decisions that reflect their values. She is LGBT affirming and experienced in working with minority clients. Clients will find practical tools for managing panic, regulating mood, and improving self-worth.
For those facing abandonment, attachment concerns, or intimacy-related issues, she offers strategies to improve communication and reduce reactivity. Her work also covers parenting concerns, fertility-related stress, and recovery after relationship breakdowns. Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
Dr. Fernandez explains options, helps people choose what will work best, and supports steady progress toward clearer goals.
What Laura works with
The areas below are the ones Laura selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | FL Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How her approaches translate to online care
Dr. Fernandez uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on trauma recovery and mood regulation. Trauma-focused work helps people process distressing events and reduce reactivity by teaching grounding, pacing, and cognitive tools to change unhelpful beliefs. Mood regulation strategies teach skills for managing depressive or bipolar symptoms through activity planning, mood tracking, and coping techniques that lower intensity over time.She also emphasizes building stronger boundaries and communication skills. This involves role-play, clear steps for asserting needs, and practicing responses to common relationship triggers. These methods aim to give people practical habits they can use at home and in daily life.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist and client review goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan together based on what helps most. That shared process makes it easier to pick the methods that fit a person’s situation and preferences.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face work for skill practice and emotional processing. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging let people keep momentum between sessions and fit therapy into busy days.
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