You might be the person everyone relies on. You’re capable, independent, and used to figuring things out on your own. From the outside, it looks like you have it together. But internally, you’re overthinking conversations, questioning your decisions, or wondering why you keep ending up in the same situations despite knowing better.

Maybe you’re tired of being so hard on yourself. You replay things you’ve said, struggle to trust your instincts, or feel like you have to earn your worth by doing more, being better, or keeping everyone else happy. In relationships, you might find yourself repeating familiar patterns, wanting closeness but struggling to let your guard down. And even when you understand why you do these things, knowing isn’t always enough to change them.

You’re ready to feel differently. To get out of your own head, feel more secure in your relationships, and stop getting in your own way. You want to understand yourself, but you also want to do something with that understanding.

I’m here to help. 

You don’t have to keep navigating these patterns on your own, and you don’t have to wait until things feel unmanageable to make a change.

I’m Laurel Salmon, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Santa Monica, CA. I work with young adult individuals navigating anxiety, relationship challenges, attachment patterns, and the pressure to always have it together.

My approach is warm, compassionate, and collaborative, but I’m also not afraid to challenge you. I believe therapy should be a place where you feel understood and where you’re able to see yourself and your experiences from a new perspective. Sometimes that means identifying blind spots, questioning the beliefs that keep you stuck, or recognizing when the ways you’ve learned to protect yourself are no longer helping you.

Together, we’ll connect the dots between your past experiences and present patterns while building practical, real-life tools you can use beyond our sessions. My approach is holistic, considering the bigger picture of how your experiences, emotions, relationships, and thought patterns influence the way you move through life. The goal isn’t simply to understand why you feel the way you do; it’s to help you respond differently, make more intentional choices, and create lasting change.

I believe you can be ambitious without being so hard on yourself, independent without feeling like you have to do everything alone, and connected to others without losing yourself in the process.

Therapy isn’t about becoming someone different.

It’s about understanding yourself more deeply, challenging what no longer serves you, and creating a life that feels more like your own.