Over ten years of clinical training and experience includes:

• Private practices in Los Angeles and Austin, working with students at six university counseling centers: UCLA, The University of Texas at Austin, Montana State University, University of Denver, Loyola Marymount University, and Southwestern University.
• Working as a consulting psychologist for several television shows. Click here to read an article in Entertainment Weekly where Laurel talks about her work on “Survivor.”
• Teaching courses in counseling techniques and personality theory as an adjunct faculty member of Pepperdine University's Graduate School of Education and Psychology.
• Published article on midlife transitions in women in the Journal of Counseling and Development (view here).
• Nominated as Outstanding Graduate Student to American Psychological Association's Division 17 by the faculty of the University of Denver' Doctoral Program in Counseling Psychology.
• Received special training, gained clinical experience, and conducted dissertation research on grief, loss, and death-related issues.

ACADEMIC TRAINING

• Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology; University of Denver
• M.S.W. in Social Work; University of Cincinnati
• B.S. in Human Development and Social Policy; Northwestern University