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Laura Gómez-Horton LCSW-S

(She/Her) |

Counselor:

Adults, Couples, Families, Parents, Teens

Laura Gómez-Horton is a licensed clinical social worker and board-approved supervisor with over 25 years of experience working with individuals, families, couples, groups, and communities. She works in diverse areas including domestic violence, sexual assault, trauma, immigration, parenting, cultural identity, intergenerational issues, grief and loss, self advocacy, and life transitions.

Laura approaches services through a person-centered lens working from a trauma-informed, relational-cultural model, which emphasizes the importance of connection for growth and healing. She is a trained Circle of Security (COS) Parent Educator and Trust-Based Relational Intervention Practitioner (TBRI). Both COS and TBRI are evidence-based, attachment-based, and trauma-informed programs targeted at supporting parents and caregivers in understanding the complex needs of their youth and deepening their connections with them.

Laura incorporates knowledge of the neurobiology of trauma, somatic practices, and integrating strategies centering around the mind-body connection and self-regulation into her work. Laura provides bilingual services in English and Spanish for adults and teens.

Areas of Specialty

Trauma
Parenting
Grief and Loss
Life Transitions
Identity and Self

Fees

$170 per session for individuals

$185 per session for couples & families

Practice Location(s)

Why Therapy?

Some of my earliest memories from middle school are of our group of friends supporting each other through challenges, trauma, and life hurts. Unbeknown to me at the time, these experiences and connections laid the foundation for my becoming a therapist. Once at the University, I found myself in the field of Social Work, once again supporting people through life circumstances and helping them face injustices. Working with individuals and families provided the insight that most people have experienced some kind of hurt and/or trauma. I also observed that the world expected everyone to just keep going while simultaneously seeing the importance of needing to stop and heal. Providing therapy is my way of being the support and connection that helps people to stop and heal.

Professional Motivation

I love seeing people reach their “aha” moment, when they realize they are not to blame for what happened to them and they are not whatever negative message was handed to them. I enjoy seeing people develop themselves in the ways the want, begin to realize a different potential, and embrace a new understanding of themselves. I also enjoy seeing people being proud of themselves for trying something new, implementing a strategy that increases connection in their relationships, and learning more about themselves.

Education

BSW and MSSW from U.T. Austin School of Social Work.

Hobbies

I like to workout in a variety of ways including running, zumba, and weight training. I enjoy watching game shows, guess the music shows, and rom-coms. I also enjoy singing along to music.

Previous Occupations

While in high school I worked at an automotive retail shop and then in college worked at a jewelry shop and a Montessori school. Since starting my career as a social worker, I have worked as a Family and Community Support Specialist at a head start program, as a therapist at a domestic violence and sexual assault resource center, a social service coordinator at a civil rights organization, a lecturer at the University level, as Clinical Director at a non-profit, and have had a private practice.