Laurissa Bustillos, LMFT

Laurissa Bustillos is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in New Mexico with eight years of clinical experience. She greets people with warmth and a straightforward approach. Laurissa acknowledges that starting therapy takes courage and aims to make the first steps easier to take.

She focuses on common concerns like anxiety, stress, depression, trauma and abuse, and addictions. She also helps with relationship and family challenges, parenting strain, grief, and LGBT issues. Additional areas she addresses include communication problems, guilt and shame, loneliness, post-traumatic stress, and building self-love.

In sessions she treats each person as the expert on their life. Conversations are collaborative and practical. She listens, helps identify strengths, and works with people to build steps they can try between meetings.

Her style blends client-centered care with methods drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques are also part of her toolbox when people want clear goals and short-term change.

Laurissa offers phone and video sessions as well as live chat and text-based messaging to fit different needs. She works in English and practices in New Mexico as an LMFT. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first appointment.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Laurissa uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT is often practical and goal-oriented, and can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.

She also draws from client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people discover their own answers. This approach supports emotional processing and building self-trust in a non-judgmental way.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Laurissa will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, needs, and comfort. Together they decide whether to emphasize CBT strategies, client-centered exploration, mindfulness tools, or brief solution-focused steps.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is helpful for deeper conversations and visual cues, while phone calls can fit a busy day or lower bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging work well for quick check-ins, shorter reflections, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule care around daily life and maintain steady progress.