Clinical Director & Co-Owner, Be Found Counseling, Core Faculty - Healing Our Core Issues Institute, Host - ‘Encountering You’ Podcast
Laura Williams, LPC-MHSP
I’ve known since my early twenties that I was called to this work — but the path to Be Found Counseling has been anything but linear. Three children, three moves, loss and birth, other careers, my own healing journey… all of it has shaped how I show up as a counselor today. I look back and can see that none of it was wasted. Every detour has deepened my belief in the power of mercy, grace, and community.
Being a counselor isn’t just what I do — it’s who I am. Every day, I get to witness hope, healing, and redemption unfold in real time. It’s an honor to walk with people as they discover their own worth and learn to live from a place of belonging rather than shame.
While my faith deeply informs the way I see the world, I don’t practice biblical counseling or label myself a Christian counselor. What guides me is how Jesus lived — bringing people out of shame into dignity, meeting them with compassion and understanding. Whether or not faith is part of your story, my hope is that when we sit together, you experience unconditional love, mercy, and grace.
My work is shaped by my training with the Healing Our Core Issues Institute (HOCI), where I now serve as a member of the core faculty. The HOCI model focuses on human worth, healthy boundaries, creating meaning out of imperfection, taking responsibility for needs and desires, and cultivating joy and secure connection — both with ourselves and others.
I often say this work offers hope in the wilderness. When life feels overwhelming, lonely, or uncertain, it gives us a place to land — and a foundation we can return to again and again. After experiencing this transformation myself, I no longer fear the wilderness. I’m ready to step into it with you.