Laura L.C. Johnson, MBA, MA, LMFT, LPCC, Certified Cognitive Therapist
Director, Cognitive Behavior Therapy Center of Silicon Valley

Laura L.C. Johnson, MBA, MA, LMFT, LPCC, is the Director of the Cognitive Behavior Therapy Center of Silicon Valley, where she sees children and families with anxiety disorders as well as trains and manages other cognitive behavior therapists. Laura has extensive training in cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for children with anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), eating and sleep problems and other childhood disorders.

Laura is certified in cognitive behavior therapy by the Academy of Cognitive Therapy  and a graduate of the year long extramural program at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy.  Laura completed the Pediatric OCD Behavior Therapy Intensive Training program through the OCD Foundation and she is in the process of working on her certification in behavior analysis.

Laura has a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in health psychology from Santa Clara University as well as an MBA from Columbia University and a BA in Communication from the University of Miami. Laura is dual-licsensed as a Marriage & Family Therapist LPC-48807 and a Professional Clinical Counselor LPC-47.

In addition to private practice, Laura has worked with adults, children, teens and families at Kaiser Permanente, the County of Santa Clara, Willow Glen High School and the YWCA of Silicon Valley. Laura completed a post-graduate internship at the Child and Adolescent Clinic at Kaiser Permanente in San Jose, where she provided family and group therapy to hundreds of children and families with anxiety and related problems.