Laura Sanders, LMSW, ACSW, provides specialized, creative, mental health therapy services, training, consultation, supervision, and expert witness testimony in Michigan and surrounding areas.  She also provides University of Michigan graduate level social work instruction in clinical practice and community organization with diverse populations of children and families, adolescent and adult survivors of sexual abuse and other trauma, difficult attachment and adoption issues, and concerns of gender and sexuality.

With a master’s degree in social work from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and Academy Certification, Laura Sanders has worked with hundreds of children, teens and adults in individual, group and family therapy, and has trained thousands of professionals over the past 28 years.  She finds effective therapy to be relational and eclectic in nature, grounded in sound theory and evidence-based approaches, and enhanced by creative interventions designed to address the specific needs of individuals and families.  Advocacy and community activism are fundamental to her role as a clinical social worker and integrated into all of her work.  Animal Assisted Therapy, including therapeutic partnerships with a variety of farm animals in a natural environment, is a new and exciting method she offers, inspiring remarkable progress toward therapeutic goals.  Her presentation style is dynamic and entertaining, including many case examples and experiential activities that invite participation.

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Specialized Approaches to Therapy
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Link to Laura’s page at the University of Michigan, School of Social Work