Laura Dessauer, EdD, ATR-BC, is a board-certified art therapist with a doctoral degree in counseling psychology who has been working with families for more than 35 years in over 21 school districts. Dr. Dessauer's work has been included in Parents magazine, eHow Parenting, YourTango, Fox News, PBS's This Emotional Life, Working Mother, and Psychology Today.

Dr. Dessauer is passionate about helping families develop ways to confidently communicate and creatively connect. In her private practice, she specializes in working with children who shut down, melt down, and act out. She playfully blends cognitive behavioral skills, art-making, and creative problem-solving to help clients create individualized social, emotional, and behavioral interventions that "stick to their brain."