Laurie Stolmaker
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, mfc33046
95 Montgomery Drive #202, Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone:(707) 523-2033 | Email: laurie@joyinside.net
Laurie's Educational Background Master's Degree, Counseling from Sonoma State University, 1992.
Master's Degree, Special Education from California State University, Northridge, 1981.
Bachelor's Degree, Liberal Studies from California State University, Northridge, 1980.
Laurie's Career Experience
I have been in the "helping professions" since I became a tutor in the sixth grade. I taught kindergarten, special education and adults in many settings over the years. In 1987, as a young mother, I began to study parent education and psychotherapy as a career path. I am naturally drawn to exploring and understanding how we humans work, what drives our behaviors, how we connect with one another and other living things. I love to say that "I work with people who are perfectly exhausted from trying to be perfect.".
We all have voices that tell us we are not good enough, not doing enough, not perfect enough. My practice is about the business of helping people to reconnect with their joy on the inside, to learn to love their lives, mistakes and all, while still working to grow and change in satisfying and appropriate ways.
I have studied and incorporated a lot of methods into my "tool box". These methods are paths to meeting your goals. By meeting and listening to you, the client, I intuit the best options for working with your needs and desires. Together we practice the art of transformation, the creation of your authentic life.
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, mfc33046
95 Montgomery Drive #202, Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone:(707) 523-2033 | Email: laurie@joyinside.net
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Laurie's Educational Background
Laurie's Career Experience
I have been in the "helping professions" since I became a tutor in the sixth grade. I taught kindergarten, special education and adults in many settings over the years. In 1987, as a young mother, I began to study parent education and psychotherapy as a career path. I am naturally drawn to exploring and understanding how we humans work, what drives our behaviors, how we connect with one another and other living things. I love to say that "I work with people who are perfectly exhausted from trying to be perfect.".
We all have voices that tell us we are not good enough, not doing enough, not perfect enough. My practice is about the business of helping people to reconnect with their joy on the inside, to learn to love their lives, mistakes and all, while still working to grow and change in satisfying and appropriate ways.
I have studied and incorporated a lot of methods into my "tool box". These methods are paths to meeting your goals. By meeting and listening to you, the client, I intuit the best options for working with your needs and desires. Together we practice the art of transformation, the creation of your authentic life.
What People Say About Laurie
"Laurie guides people toward mutual respect through counseling, parent education, teacher training, and relationship workshops."
"She has a warm, welcoming style and a keen sense of humor. Laurie imparts information clearly, making it easy for participants to put theory into practice."
"Encouragement and mutual respect are what her work is all about."
"Particpants leave with a clear understanding combined with the ability to put what they learn to work in their lives."
"Laurie has a great way of working with people and teaching the importance of mutual respect in relationships."
"Laurie has inspired me to become a better parent by guiding me to solutions that work."
Laurie has been an inspiration to my life as a person and a mother and a wife."