Laura Lien-Mitobe, LMFT
California · 30 years in practice
Laura Lien-Mitobe is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, relationship and parenting concerns, and life transitions.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 17434 · expires July 2026
- NPI
- 1669087573 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Laura
Laura Lien-Mitobe is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, relationship and parenting concerns, and life transitions. She draws on three decades of experience in California to offer steady, practical support. Sessions aim to be warm, straightforward, and focused on what the client wants to change.
She frames therapy around real-life problems like managing anger, coping with loss, addressing substance or eating concerns, and handling workplace or career stress.
Background and approach
She also supports people facing identity questions, intimacy issues, and challenges tied to adoption, blended families, or caregiving. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Her approach combines Emotionally-Focused Therapy with acceptance and behavior-focused methods.
That means she pays attention to feelings in relationships and helps people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Therapy mixes talking, reflection, and practical steps to try between sessions. Clients can expect a person-centered stance that honors goals and values.
Laura often uses attachment ideas to help people see how past experiences shape present reactions. She blends coaching-style tools when someone wants clearer steps toward change. Over 30 years she has worked with individuals, couples, and groups in varied settings.
She brings experience with compassion fatigue, pet loss, addiction and co-dependency, aging issues, autism-related concerns, and trauma. That breadth informs a flexible, down-to-earth style.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Laura lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Laura names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Emotion-focused and practical approaches for online care
Laura uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice and change patterns in close relationships by attending to the emotions that drive reactions. EFT can be helpful for couples or individuals who feel stuck in repeating cycles or who want deeper emotional connection.She also integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify personal values and take committed steps even when emotions are hard. ACT is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy appears in sessions when past relationship patterns help explain current struggles; this approach helps people see how early bonds shape expectations and reactions now.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client explore goals, needs, and preferences together and adjust methods over time. This collaborative process helps match techniques to what actually helps the client move forward.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good when seeing expressions matters, phone can fit shorter check-ins or low bandwidth, and messaging supports ongoing touchpoints between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue care when in-person visits are not practical.
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Questions people ask
What types of concerns does she address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting struggles, addictions, and many life transitions. Additional focus areas include attachment problems, caregiver stress, body image and eating concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is person-centered and collaborative, with an emphasis on emotions and practical steps. Sessions mix reflective conversation with tools to change thoughts and behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
She has 30 years of clinical experience working in California settings with individuals, couples, and groups. That background informs a flexible, experienced approach.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, practicing in California.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available online?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.
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