My Courses - A Pathway to Recovery
My guided courses build on one another, helping you move from understanding addiction and family systems to living recovery with greater confidence and freedom.
Offered in eight-week small groups of three women or one-on-one, this supportive pathway helps you move from isolation and confusion toward clarity, hope, and lasting change.
Begin with Recovering Healthy Relationships, then continue into Recovering My True Self.
Recovering Healthy Relationships
Your starting point for recovery. This foundational program guides you through a practical 12-Step process focused on codependency and the unhealthy patterns created by addiction. Learn to step out of those patterns and build healthier relationships with yourself, God, and others, while developing greater awareness, emotional freedom, and empowered choices.
Recovering My True Self
The next step in your recovery journey. Designed for those who have completed Recovering Healthy Relationships, this deeper-dive program builds on your foundation through a personal inventory of the patterns, beliefs, and experiences that have shaped you. Take courageous steps to look inward, let go of what no longer serves you, and embrace who you are as you continue recovering your authentic self.
Meet Laura
EDUCATION, EXPERTISE & LIVED EXPERIENCE
For more than four decades, I have loved and lived alongside five family members impacted by alcoholism, substance use, and gambling addiction.
My work brings together this deeply personal lived experience with professional training, 12-Step recovery principles, and more than two decades as an educator.
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Master’s Degree in Education with 24 years of teaching experience, including 14 years teaching college English Composition
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Certified Mental Health & Recovery Coach through the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC)
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Al-Anon Group Representative and Sponsor
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Open Hearts Ministry Group Leader with S.A.L.T. (Survivors of Abuse Leadership Training)
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Recovery Leader at Family Church
What I Specialize In
Emotional Balance and Resilience
Spiritual Principles of the 12 Steps
Healing Codependency
Building Healthy Relationships
Customized
Recovery Plan with Strategies and Tools
“When I first came to Laura, I was at the end of myself and my marriage was unraveling. I desperately needed someone to throw me a lifeline. That's exactly what was offered. Laura met me with love, grace, and understanding that only someone who has walked a similar road of emotional healing could do. In that gentle space I was urged forward and challenged. I cannot fathom the amount of healing I've experienced. Laura is so wise, incredibly equipped for this work, and has the gift of creating the space in which God can move in remarkable ways. Gratitude does not express enough of how
I feel!"
- Lynn B.
"I’ve admired Laura in the recovery community for several years. Her knowledge, demeanor, leadership, and experience make her exceptionally suited to help others through her valuable program. If you choose to work with her, you'll benefit from her wisdom and understanding, as well as her compassion and insight, which provide a wellspring of hope for a healthy body, mind, and soul. I trust Laura as a valuable resource for navigating the complex waters of relational issues related to family systems of addiction."
- David R.
“When I first met Laura, I was emotionally at the lowest place i had ever been in my life. I have a loved one suffering from addiction, and I was doing everything in my power to fix her. I really thought I could change her, but I was losing myself, and I felt hopeless! With Laura's help, I have learned that the only person I can change is me. I am learning to let go of trying to fix and control others and instead be gentle and kind to myself. Laura has taught me new skills and strategies, to notice the energy I have in my body, and I have far less anxiety. I continue to learn from Laura, and I am so thankful that my marriage and my relationships with my adult children have strengthened as a result."
- Kay L.