The Mountain Laurel Therapy Approach
Therapy Tailored for Your Unique Journey
About Elizabeth Dossman
My work focuses on helping women navigate anxiety, depression, reproductive and perinatal mental health concerns, relationship challenges, trauma, identity shifts, and significant life transitions.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor (LPC-S) and a Perinatal Mental Health Certified Therapist (PMH-C.) I have been in private practice since 2013 and have developed a particular passion for supporting women through the many transitions and complexities that can occur through adulthood.
What I believe
I believe therapy should be where you can show up fully as yourself and know that your identity, relationships, values, and lived experiences will be respected. My practice is LGBTQ+ affirming, and I believe in the dignity, equality, an rights of people of all sexual orientations and gender identities.
I believe reproductive healthcare is healthcare and that reproductive justice includes the right to make informed, personal decisions about your own body, pregnancy, family and future. My role as a therapist is not to impose my beliefs or tell you what choices to make, but to provide a supportive space where you can explore your experiences and make decisions that are right for you.
I believe families come in many forms, and I welcome clients across diverse identities, relationships, and paths to parenthood. This includes those navigating fertility treatment, pregnancy, pregnancy loss, abortion, adoption, surrogacy, choosing not to have children and other reproductive experiences.
Above all, I believe good therapy honors the whole person. You deserve a space where you don't have to edit important parts of yourself in order to feel accepted, understood and supported.
My experience
My path to becoming a therapist wasn't a straight line.
Before entering the mental health field, I spent years working in the hotel industry. That experience gave me an early appreciation for people, their stories and how our experiences shape how we move through the world.
After transitioning into mental health, my professional experiences included volunteering and working in a women's health clinic, the Downtown Austin Community Court, the National Domestic Violence Hotline, Integral Care and internationally in India.
Each of these experiences expanded my understanding of resilience, relationships, trauma and the importance of meeting people where they are.
In 2013, I transitioned into private practice, where my work increasingly focused on women's mental health.
That work ultimately became Mountain Laurel Therapy.
Why Mountain Laurel Therapy? The Mountain Laurel is resilient. It grows in challenging environments and still blooms.
I think there is something meaningful in that.
Therapy isn't about becoming an entirely different person. Often, it is about understanding yourself more deeply, letting go of patterns that no longer serve you, and creating the conditions that allow more of who you are to really emerge.
Realize your life in Full Bloom!
If you're considering therapy and wondering whether we might be a good fit, I invite you to reach out and schedule a consultation.
