About Me
Laura Ourfalian is a Licensed Clinical Social worker. Mrs. Ourfalian has been serving individuals from diverse backgrounds. As a mental health professional, she recognizes that diversity is the central tenant to successfully serving individuals and families. She strongly believes that it is important to recognize the rights, needs, and strengths that individuals possess, the ability to make their own choices, and the opportunity to change and address their needs.
Mrs. Ourfalian utilizes an eclectic therapy approach to use the most effective methods to address the individual’s needs by carefully cultivating an intentional, individual plan for each individual.
Mrs. Ourfalian has worked with clients experiencing depression, anxiety, anger management, peer relationships, family conflict, grief and loss, and personal growth.
Laura Ourfalian is committed to the wellness of individuals and their families in helping them enhance their ability to cope and promote the decision-making process while facilitating client potential. She believes in promoting a positive sense of self, lessening the experience of worry and anxiety that can inhibit one’s growth and enjoyment of life. Mrs. Ourfalian supports individuals to explore thoughts, and feelings, and discuss life challenges in a safe environment through the use of unconditional positive regard. She aims to empower her clients, assist in exploring strengths, identify goals, and plan to achieve them. Laura Ourfalian will support the development of skills and strategies to reduce and manage life stressors, build on strengths, and attain personal growth.
LCSW — Licensed Clinical Social Worker. An LCSW is a master's-level clinician licensed to provide psychotherapy and diagnose mental-health conditions. Social-work training brings a person-in-environment lens — examining how relationships, community, and access shape mental health alongside individual factors. Licensure requires supervised post-graduate clinical hours and a state board exam.
Our First Conversation
Our first session is a conversation, not an intake form. I'll ask what brought you in, what you've already tried, and what you're hoping changes. We'll figure out together whether we're a fit; if I think someone else on the team would serve you better, I'll say so.
From there, weekly 50-minute sessions are typical for the first few months. We'll check in periodically on what's working and recalibrate if something isn't. I send no homework you didn't agree to, and I don't grade you on between-session work — but I'll often suggest small experiments that move things forward faster than talk alone.
What You Can Count On From Me
The clients who've stayed longest tell me three things stand out. I track the throughline across sessions and bring it back into the room so a pattern you couldn't quite name becomes hard to miss. I push back when I think you're circling something rather than landing on it. And I treat fit as my problem to solve, not yours — if I think someone else on our team would serve you better, I'll say so before you've invested weeks finding out.
Who I’m Here For
My strongest fit is with adults in their 20s through 40s who look like they're handling life from the outside but feel persistently anxious, depleted, or disconnected underneath. That includes professionals running hot from burnout, partners working through the long aftermath of a rupture, and people processing grief or family-of-origin patterns showing up uninvited in adult relationships.
My Therapeutic Approach
I draw primarily on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). With CBT, I'm less interested in worksheets and more interested in helping you notice the thoughts that drive the loop you're stuck in — and then experimenting with what changes when you respond differently. ACT adds the piece CBT alone can miss: defining what actually matters to you, and using that as the anchor when life pulls in other directions.
For clients carrying trauma, I'm trained in EMDR and integrate it when it fits, with full transparency about what we're doing and why.
Treatment Methods
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT helps you identify thought patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, and stress — then build skills to interrupt and change them. Highly effective and well-researched.
Note: Each session is 60 minutes, whether it’s your first consult or an ongoing visit.
Insurance Accepted
Out of PocketKaiser PermanenteIEHP - MediCalAnthem - Bluecross
Don’t see your plan? Call 909-295-5805 — we can verify your benefits.
Age Preferences
Young Adults (18-30)Middle Adulthood (30-64)
Clinical Focus
Anger ManagementAnxietyCoping SkillsDepressionFamily ConflictGrief and LossParentingRelationship IssuesSchool ProblemsSelf EsteemSelf Harming
Location
Sessions are offered via secure video. Available statewide across California.
