Dr. Laura Fernandez
Expert psychology for practical parenting support
- Credentials
- FL Psychologist PY9982
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Laura
Dr. Laura Fernandez is a licensed psychologist in Florida with 14 years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, self-esteem, grief, parenting, intimacy-related issues, and a broad range of related concerns.
Her style is direct and practical, aimed at parents and adults who want clear steps to feel steadier and more capable. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address problems like trauma, persistent low self-worth, and emotional overwhelm.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize building realistic coping skills, clearer boundaries, and healthier patterns in daily life. Conversations move at a practical pace so people can try new approaches between sessions. Laura blends clinical knowledge with a down-to-earth approach.
She explains how strategies work and helps people pick tools that match their life and values. She is explicit about steps to practice at home rather than relying on abstract theory. Her background includes work with clients experiencing discrimination, grief, and complex stress responses.
She names and works with issues such as ADHD, bipolar concerns, and caregiver stress when they show up in treatment. She also notes experience with aging and geriatric matters, autism and Asperger syndrome, and fertility-related stress. Sessions are offered in English and conducted from Florida.
Laura holds the credential FL Psychologist PY9982. She offers multiple online formats and uses a subscription model for scheduling that can be canceled at any time.
Evidence-based approaches and online support
Dr. Laura Fernandez uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One approach emphasizes skills for managing anxiety and stress, teaching breathing, grounding, and behavior-based steps to reduce overwhelm. Another approach targets trauma-related symptoms by helping people process painful memories and build safer daily routines to reduce reactivity. Both methods aim to give clear, testable tools people can use between sessions to see real differences in how they feel.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. That conversation is ongoing, and techniques are adjusted as progress and priorities change.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy parents and adults. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when useful, while phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging provide shorter or more frequent contact. These options help fit therapy into varied schedules and make follow-up between sessions easier, while still focusing on the same evidence-based techniques and practical skill-building.
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Specialties and expertise
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Also works with
- 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
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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