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Laura Bai, LMFT

Age Group Served
adolescents
adults
Therapy Format
individuals
couples
families
Treatment Focus
burnout, codependency, emotion-regulation, family-conflict, personal-growth, post-traumatic-stress-disorder, racial-identity, stress, anxiety, depression, trauma-and-ptsd, relationship-issues
Types of Therapy
Attachment-based/Relational Therapy
Emotionally-Focused Therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Family Systems
Integrative
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
LGBTQ+ Affirming
Psychodynamic
Transpersonal
Trauma-Focused
Insurance Accepted
Out of Network
Can Prescribe Medication: No
Offers Sliding Scale: yes
Accepting New Therapy Fund Clients: No
Last modified: April 14, 2026

Laura Bai, LMFT

In-Person / Virtual: in-person, tele
License Number(s): LMFT 126650
States / Provinces Served: California
Ethnicity: Chinese
Racial Identity / Culture: asian-american, one-and-a-half-generation-asian-immigrant
Languages Spoken: English, Mandarin
Sex/Gender: Female

You’ve worked incredibly hard to get where you are — but it still doesn’t feel like enough. That relentless inner critic leaves you feeling anxious, weighed down, or overwhelmed. Conflict, emotional distance, or simply never feeling truly known can leave your closest relationships strained. You don’t have to keep holding it together on the outside while struggling on the inside. I can provide you with the tools to feel grounded while identifying and healing the root causes of these patterns. Let’s work together to build healthier, balanced relationships with your loved ones, your career, and yourself.

I specialize in working with Asian Americans navigating anxiety, perfectionism, burnout, and relationship challenges. These struggles are often rooted in early experiences — in families shaped by survival, sacrifice, and unspoken expectations — and require more than traditional talk therapy to heal.

My approach is somatic and mindfulness-based, integrating neuroscience with deeper, body-centered work to help you move beyond coping and into lasting change. I bring clinical expertise as well as lived experience to the healing process. Reach out today, and let’s explore how to cultivate clarity, balance, and self-trust — from the inside out.