Unfurling into Growth
Therapy and supervision rooted in relationship, body liberation, compassion.
As we meander through the joys and pains of being human in this world — and of tending to others — there are times we need more containment, care, or perspective than we can find on our own.
I’m Laurie Gutierrez Ganberg - a white, fat, queer, neurodivergent nonbinary crafty person who is also an independently licensed clinical social worker, educator, supervisor, and community builder. My approach is nonjudgmental and deeply compassionate, with respect for all of your intersectional identities.
It’s a privilege to be with you through messy challenges and growth, to witness all of your parts, and to celebrate the joys.
Laurie Gutierrez Ganberg, LICSW, PMH-C (they/she)
How can I work with you?
If you are…
An adult (18+) wanting to find trust or healing in your relationship with your body; emotions, fears, worries; food & movement; gender identity; pleasure; sexuality and sex; pain and illness; or how you show up with family, partners, community, friends;
In the process of growing your family and looking for LGBTQ+ affirming and weight inclusive support along that journey through the decisions about how to add children to your family, fertility care, pregnancy, supporting a pregnant person, birth, lactation, postpartum adjustments and all the complications, loss, and joy that can come with family building;
Wanting someone on your side as you practice fat liberation in how you show up for the children in your life — and maybe also your own young parts;
If you are…
An associate therapist in Washington state looking for values-aligned clinical supervision that supports you as a human and as a therapist while you are working toward your LICSW, LMHC, or LMFT;
Wanting to integrate an LGBTQ+, Health at Every Size®, Body Trust®, fat liberation framework into your practice, or needing consultation for a specific client or situation;
A therapist who values going deeper on what’s coming up in your therapy sessions with clients — including wrestling with your parts that show up, ethics, risk and safety, your values, and working in oppressive systems;
Looking for support with the practical side of being in private practice from a neurodivergent, supervisor and practice owner who’s also committed to anti-oppression;
…you might be interested in supervision or consultation
You deserve support that honors your lived experience, not care that pathologizes you.
You deserve support that honors your lived experience, not care that pathologizes you.
Therapy in Washington state
I provide weekly therapy that is relational, somatic, informed by parts work, attuned to attachment patterns and disruptions, and grounded in effective interventions like EMDR. We might address
Life & identity transitions like a new relationship, divorce, career change, coming out, a new diagnosis
Anxiety, depression, and emotional overwhelm
Trauma and its reverberations
Perinatal mental health; Family building, bonding or parenting stressors
Curiosity about your brain, nervous system, or neurotype
Healing your relationship with your body, food, and movement in a world shaped by white supremacy, weight stigma, and ableism
I work with therapy clients online via telehealth across Washington or in-person in my accessible and fat-friendly office in Mountlake Terrace.
Fat Liberation Coaching
The experience of being fat or plus-size and wanting to grow your family, while navigating fat-phobic as f*ck health care (and other) systems and trying to break generational cycles of dieting and body shame deserves extra, grounded, effective support. But there aren’t many of us who bring deep professional knowledge and lived experience. When something doesn’t exist - I create it.
I’m excited to now be able to offer fat liberation coaching for adults anywhere in the US or abroad specifically around family building for fat and queer parents and fat liberation parenting.
You deserve guidance that reflects your values and centers your growth — not compliance or perfectionism.
You deserve guidance that reflects your values and centers your growth — not compliance or perfectionism.
Supervision & Consultation
At Fiddlehead Therapy, I offer individual and group supervision that is:
Anti-oppression and justice-oriented
Grounded in real-world practice
Relational and honoring of all your parts
Practical, with resources, templates, and tools when helpful
Accessible, flexible, and encouraging
I’m a Washington State–approved supervisor for LSWAICs, LMHCAs, and LMFTAs, offering supervision for licensure and support for those starting or growing a private practice.
I also provide consultation and training for therapists and multidisciplinary professionals across the U.S. in areas including perinatal mental health, weight stigma, fat liberation, and private practice building.
Looking to become an approved supervisor in WA? Happy to discuss ways that I can support you to meet the DOH requirements!
“Remembering ourselves, becoming embodied again, is slow work — it is compassionate instead of perfectionistic, communal instead of individualistic, process oriented instead of achievement oriented, and mutual instead of hierarchical.”
— by Hillary L. McBride, PhD, The Wisdom of Your Body
Acknowledgments & Commitments
Fiddlehead Therapy acknowledges, with humility, that we meet on land that is within the ancestral territory of the suq ̀ʷabš “People of Clear Salt Water” (Suquamish People) and the Snohomish people and their successors, the Tulalip Tribes. Many of people we work with also reside on the land of the dxʷdəwʔabš (Duwamish People). We respect that Coast Salish tribes continue to live here, as they have for thousands of years, protecting the land and waters of their ancestors for future generations. We respect their sovereignty, their right to self-determination, and honor their sacred spiritual connection with the land and water.
We strive to be honest about our roles as white settlers and social workers, acknowledging the traumatic history of genocide and forced removal of Indigenous people from this area and the forced removal of children from Native families, as well as our ongoing participation in colonial and white supremacist systems. We recognize the traumatic legacy of slavery and stolen labor upon which this country and its institutions were built. We honor the many QTBIPOC (queer, trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) healers, teachers, artists, and leaders from whom we’ve learned and grown. We commit to an ongoing practice of critically interrogating these histories and our current participation in oppressive systems. We commit to taking action to repair harm, honor and protect this land, and work for a more just future for our collective humanity. In addition to supporting mutual aid, we donate monthly to Real Rent Duwamish, Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services, the Trevor Project and Trans Lifeline.