Laura L. C. Johnson

Laura L.C. Johnson, MBA, MA, is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California. She integrates positive psychology with cognitive behavior therapy, an evidence-based therapy shown to be effective for a wide variety of problems in hundreds of studies. Laura helps her clients learn skills to build positive emotions, optimism and resilience while decreasing unhelpful thinking, behaviors and emotions. Laura has a private psychotherapy practice in San Jose, CA. Visit her Web site.

Laura received her MA degree in Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University, with an emphasis in health psychology including positive psychology and mindfulness. Laura also has an MBA from Columbia Business School with over 16 years of organizational experience leading marketing and corporate philanthropy initiatives at Fortune 500 companies in the high tech, financial services, and travel industries. Bringing together her psychology and business experience, Laura has a special interest in a positive therapy approach for high-achieving professionals and their families.

Laura is passionate about integrating the science of positive psychology with the psychotherapy and counseling experience.

Laura writes on the 25th of every even-numbered month, and her past articles appear here.