Laura Avalos, MA, LPC, APCC
Licensed Professional Counselor (Oregon, LPC #C10215)
Associate Professional Clinical Counselor (California, APCC #22329)
She/Her/Ella
Email: laura@theholisticcounseling.center
Call/Text: 415-347-1722
Location: San Anselmo + Online in California
Holistic Therapist in San Anselmo + Online
Holistic therapy for trauma, anxiety, grief, life transitions, motherhood, spiritual integration, and Latinx identity. Sessions offered in English and Spanish.
Hello and welcome!
I'm Laura Avalos, a Licensed Professional Counselor and Associate Professional Clinical Counselor offering holistic therapy in San Anselmo and online throughout California. I meet you as a fearless, loving guide, and will walk with you through the darkness and the light on the healing journey.
I can help you navigate trauma, anxiety, grief, loss, spiritual emergence, and life transitions, as well as the tender season of pregnancy, motherhood, and matrescence. As a bilingual, bicultural clinician from Costa Rica, I also serve the Latinx community and can help you navigate the experience of immigration, acculturation, and moving between cultural worlds.
I offer psychotherapy that honors the whole person: mind, body, heart, and spirit, integrating Brainspotting, mindfulness, vagal toning, and psychospiritual practices to help you access and activate the innate healing intelligence of your body.
Brainspotting is similar to EMDR and reaches beneath the thinking brain into the deeper places where distress is stored, so healing can unfold without needing to retell every painful detail. As a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher trained in the lineage of Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, I weave presence and compassion through everything we do.
Alongside my clinical training, I carry more than eleven years of dedicated spiritual development rooted in the Indigenous traditions of North and South America. I hold these teachings with great reverence and care, and they shape the trust, depth, and steadiness I bring to our work.
I believe that even in the darkest of times there is always a way through, and that the one who walks through the fire discovers their own strength and light. Honoring the losses and the impact of the life you have lived, together we can step into life today with more presence, compassion, and joy.
I currently offer in-person therapy in San Anselmo, as well as virtual sessions throughout California, and I am accepting new clients.
Ready to begin your healing journey? Schedule a free 15-minute consultation to learn more about working together.
I am licensed in Oregon and practice in California as a registered associate under the supervision of Kim Burris, LMFT #98927.
Specialties
Grief & Loss
Life Transitions
Latinx Identity, Immigration & Acculturation
Spiritual Integration & Emergence
Early Childhood & Developmental Trauma
Self-Esteem & Self-Worth
Stress, Burnout & Overwhelm
Spanish-Speaking Therapist
Orientation + Modalities
Ancestral & Intergenerational Work
Client-Centered (Rogerian) Therapy
Ecotherapy
Attachment-Based Therapy
Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Licenses + Certifications
Licensed Professional Counselor, Oregon (LPC #C10215)
Associate Professional Clinical Counselor, California (APCC #22329)
Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher (two-year training, lineage of Jack Kornfield & Tara Brach)
Brainspotting Practitioner
SEBI Diversity Fellow, Brainspotting
Education
MA in Counseling Psychology, Boston College
BA in Psychology, The Ohio State University
Additional Training
Brainspotting Phase 1, Phase 2 & Master Class
Brainspotting in the Perinatal & Matrescence Period
Brainspotting for Developmental Trauma
Polyvagal Theory & Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
Psychedelic Medicine in Clinical Practice
Ecotherapy
What People are Saying
★★★★★
Laura is a healer, whose grounded, earthly presence is felt the moment you meet her. When I am in Laura's presence I experience a sense of peace, presence, and authentic connection that is rare to find. She has a natural ability to help people slow down, feel seen, and reconnect with themselves. She thoughtfully supports her clients in exploring their inner wisdom, deepening self-awareness, and moving toward the most authentic and aligned versions of themselves.
- Amber Mulvey, San Anselmo
★★★★★
Laura is warm, responsive, and has a real gift for connecting with people — she's bilingual (Spanish/English), culturally responsive, and leads compassionately with one's strengths. She also brings a thoughtful integration of somatic and healing-centered practices into her work, which makes her approach feel both grounded and deeply attuned to the whole person.
- Cassandra, San Anselmo
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