about
Laura Mayo
Social Worker, Founder, Clinical Director, MSW, RSW
couples | family | individual | consultation
Laura is a certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist. Her work is grounded in the science of attachment, and she believes that we all need to feel safe and secure in our relationships in order to thrive. She helps clients identify patterns and understand them as sources of both resilience and pain. While seeking to understand the past, Laura focuses on the present as it unfolds together in session. She is known to be deeply empathetic, attuned, and expressive.
Laura also offers consultations to fellow therapists seeking support with individual, couple or family therapy practices.
Laura is currently accepting new people for couples and family therapy.
Masoud Ahmadi
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
individual | family
Masoud's approach is focused on understanding the deeper emotional patterns, and past experiences that may be shaping current challenges. Together, you'll explore the roots of these difficulties while building greater insight, healthier coping strategies, and practical solutions.
Masoud works with individuals and families, and offers services in English and Farsi. He is currently accepting new clients.
about connection matters
Laura founded Connection Matters because therapy has been a secure, safe haven for her. She knows first hand what it feels like to develop trust. She understands what it takes to be open and vulnerable. She believes that everyone has experiences that need hearing and healing. This is the core of what she aims to offer her clients.
our mission
We believe that when we feel connected in our relationships, whether that is with a loved one, or with oneself, we can flourish. Our approach is to understand emotions as a way of expanding possibilities and creating new ways of relating to both others and oneself. We help our clients make sense of their relationships and how they experience attachment.
Relationships develop patterns over time and they may inhibit our connections with oneself and others. Past childhood trauma can also have unique and significant affects on how we bond and experience attachment to others. We help people understand how these patterns came to be. We help our clients create new patterns that feel secure and vibrant.
At Connection Matters, our therapists are focused on helping our clients improve their relationships and strengthen their bonds with themselves and others. Together, we will explore thoughts, feelings, and experiences- past and present- that shape how people feel toward others and themselves.
our philosophy
There is no “quick fix” or even “fixing” of life’s problems! We believe that we all have the ability to heal and thrive. Our philosophy is centered on the universal human need for safe and secure attachments.
When we are hurt, we need a person who is our soft place to land. We need a person who will be there for us in our time of need. When we close our eyes and call their name, we need to know they will answer. If they are far away, we need to know they are thinking about us. When past traumas overwhelm the present, we need to know that we are safe. This is what secure relationships feel like. We are grounded in the belief that we all long for and need to feel this safety.
Healing is a journey, and as your therapists, we walk alongside you. We provide maps and, together, we explore well worn paths, enter old roads that have been closed off, and create new ones that may never have felt possible before. The power of therapy is the unique relationship you have with your therapist. This relationship will guide you in discovering and sharing your emotions so that you feel seen, felt, and known.
is this you?
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Are you feeling stuck?
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Do you feel disconnected in your relationship(s)?
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Do you feel disappointed and wish that things could be different?
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Do you feel insecure in your relationships?
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Do you feel overwhelmed and/or re-experience past traumatic events?
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Do you feel confused about your feelings?
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Do you have a gut feeling that things could be better but you’re not sure what or how to get there?