Hi, I’m Laura.

I'm Laura Fonseca, MSW, LCSW, a therapist and the owner of Cornerstone Therapy.

I genuinely love getting to know people. I'm naturally curious, pretty down-to-earth, and I tend to bring humor into the room when it fits. I'm not a therapist who is going to sit quietly and nod for an hour. I ask questions, make connections, offer another perspective, and want therapy to feel like a real conversation.

A lot of what I believe about therapy comes down to the idea that we can grow through what we go through. Life changes us. Relationships change us. Loss, anxiety, disappointment, transition, and even the seasons we never would have chosen become part of our story. We can't always change what has happened, but we can decide how we move forward from it.

To me, therapy isn't about becoming a completely different person or having everything figured out. It's about making space for what you've been through, recognizing what you need now, and building the confidence and tools to move forward in a way that feels more like you.

I've worked in the mental health field for more than a decade, with experience in private practice, schools, hospitals, and eating disorder treatment. I have advanced training in psychodynamic psychotherapy and child and adolescent psychodynamic psychotherapy through the Saint Louis Psychoanalytic Institute.

I opened Cornerstone Therapy in 2016. Over the years, it grew into a group practice, and today I've intentionally returned to a solo practice where I can spend more of my time doing the parts of this work I enjoy most: working directly with clients and supervising developing clinicians.