Misha Laster

I hold space for the woman who appears “high-functioning” on the outside while quietly carrying exhaustion, pressure, grief, and responsibility underneath it all.

Many of the women I work with are navigating adulthood while being everything for everyone else- the dependable one, the caregiver, the oldest daughter, the mother, the achiever. They are emotionally aware and deeply resilient, yet still find themselves stuck in cycles of people-pleasing, overgiving, burnout, difficulty with boundaries, or relationships that leave them feeling unseen and emotionally unsafe.

As an African American woman, I understand how survival, strength, and self-sacrifice can become identities we wear long before we ever get the chance to ask ourselves what we truly need. My work centers creating a space where you no longer have to earn rest, love, softness, or care through perfection.

Together, we explore the wounds beneath the patterns such as childhood experiences, trauma, identity struggles, relational pain, or substance use and begin building emotional safety, self-trust, and clarity from the inside out. Therapy with me is about helping you reconnect with yourself beyond survival mode and giving yourself permission to become whole again.

My approach is rooted in compassion, honesty, cultural understanding, and the belief that healing happens in relationships. Ubuntu reminds us: “I am because we are.” That philosophy deeply shapes the way I show up in this work with care, humanity, and the understanding that none of us were meant to carry everything alone.

A Few Things About Me

• Specialties: Stress, Anxiety, Life Transitions

• Modalities: Person-Centered, Strengths Based, Solution-Focused

• Populations: Teens, Young Adults, Adults

• “Cup Fillers”: Reading, Creating, Trying New Things

• Fun Fact: I absolutely love 90’s songs and movies!