About Laura ‘Lola’ Sciarcon
Welcome! I’m Laura ‘Lola’ Sciarcon, MA, LMFTC, LPCC.
I am an Emotionally Focused Couples and Family therapist and my approach is warm, authentic, and down to earth. I bring professionalism, expertise, clinical insight, non-judgement, and curiosity into the therapy room. Humans are wired for connection and cannot exist in isolation, and it excites me every day to get up and be able to engage in a profession that builds and strengthens the connections you deem most important in your life; whether it’s learning to communicate with your partner(s) without passive-aggressive sighs, setting boundaries without spiraling, or advocating for your wants and needs in a way that can be received by others. Humans are weird, relationships are messy, but my experience tells me that in using the well researched model of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), we can often figure it out together!
“Who am I?” – a question made famous by the iconic Zoolander. I find that often most of us don’t know, and I’m here to help people navigate self-discovery and the messiness of life — whether that’s family, relationships, or the “I’m fine this is fine everything’s fine” moments we often experience.
I wear a lot of hats as a lot of us do; I am a mother, a partner, professional overthinker, and a gremlin if I’m woken up too early. I appropriately (and sometimes inappropriately) utilize sarcasm and humor and embrace my sensitivity and vulnerability as long as I’ve had coffee. I’m simple yet complex; I can be a regulated and functioning human one minute and the next I’m Conductor of the Hot Mess Express.
I’m a firm believer that healing doesn’t have to be humorless; I write satirical folk songs and quote 80s movies like they’re sacred texts. I find joy in sitting among the pollinator habitat in my yard even though I have allergies, and firmly believe most problems can be solved with garlic, a nap, or an impromptu dance party.
I’ve always been in a helping profession, whether it be an educator, family advocate, or case manager. After having my own children the last thing I wanted to do was be surrounded by toddlers all day while raising them, so finally in 2017, I decided to play “the long con” and take one class a semester in a field I knew I was meant to be in, reminding myself that seven years would go by anyways, so I might well pursue my passion, right?
Seven years later, I am proud and confident to say I’m right where I should be, in the therapy room, fortunate enough to be able support individuals, couples, and families navigate relationships, conflict, big feelings, and those moments where your brain decides 2 a.m. is the perfect time to overthink everything.
If you want to make positive changes in yourself, your relationship, or your family dynamics, I hope you will reach out. I’m excited to meet you and start this meaningful work together!