Dr. Laura R Ortega, LMFT

Dr. Laura R Ortega is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 14 years of experience in Florida. She speaks English and Spanish and focuses on helping individuals facing relationship, family, parenting, and LGBT concerns. Her approach is straightforward and practical, aimed at helping people make manageable changes in their daily lives.

She creates a calm space where people can talk through what is most worrying them. Sessions focus on clear goals and steps that clients can try between meetings. The aim is to reduce overwhelming feelings and improve how people relate to each other.

Dr. Ortega uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, among other approaches, to help people notice patterns of thinking and change unhelpful habits. She also draws on relationship-focused techniques to address communication breakdowns and recurring conflicts.

She has worked with a wide range of family situations, including blended families, divorce and separation, caregiving stress, and fertility or pregnancy-related concerns. Other areas she addresses include postpartum depression, trauma symptoms, hoarding, infidelity, and social anxiety.

Therapy is offered in English and Spanish, and international clients may be seen. Sessions take place online by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging, and scheduling follows a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How Dr. Ortega’s Approaches Work Online

Dr. Ortega uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes that reduce distress. CBT is useful for depression, anxiety, and patterns that keep problems going. She also uses the Gottman Method to look at communication habits between partners and teach practical skills for handling conflict and rebuilding trust.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. That plan can change over time as progress is made or priorities shift.

Online therapy is offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can fit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it simpler to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping therapy consistent.