Laine Demetria, MS, LMFT

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

~Maya Angelou

As a therapist (and as a human), I am highly interactive, collaborative, and wear my humanity on my sleeve. I offer an equal dose of gentle confrontation and compassion. I keep it real. At times, we laugh at the absurdity of life together. My practice is rooted in an examination (and hopefully a dismantlement) of power and privilege. I work from an intersectional feminist lens.

I seek to empower individuals to act from their authentic hearts, to speak their truth, to heal from their wounds. I foster a healing space that privileges neither body nor mind, but focuses on making positive changes in self care, self love and interpersonal communication.

In over 25 years of practice as a psychotherapist, I have come to hold two truths as essential to healing: 

• First, clients need me to witness the full depth, breadth, and intensity of their suffering. 

• Second, no one is in need of being fixed. Each person is already whole, perfect, and complete—although we don’t always trust or access this when we are in a lot of pain.

I support you in taking ownership of your healing. Although judgment is a human experience, I work hard to keep judgment at bay—both my own and yours. Through my training in Nonviolent Communication, I help you shift your thinking beyond right/wrong, good/bad, and all/nothing paradigms. 

Labels and diagnoses can limit the full humanity and breadth of your suffering. Instead of telling you what’s wrong, I help you tune in to your moment-to-moment experience and transform judgement into a more positive frame of mind.