Laurel Weirs

Laurel is a licensed marriage and family therapist and has been practicing for over 24 years. She is trained in Critical Memory Integration (CMI) and Master Certified in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) and a former national trainer in ART. She is a national consultant to therapists, human service organizations and universities. She provides continuing education for hospitals and non-clinical agencies and is a national speaker on the topic of trauma.

Laurel is the founder of Optimal Outcome, a coaching and consulting business serving high performance individuals as well as the owner and director of Lighthouse Counseling in Groton, CT. She is the author of Betrayed, not Broken (Morgan James, 2015) and has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, Newsweek and Military Life magazine. She works with first responders, veterans, athletes, high performers and organizations seeking to cultivate trauma-informed environments.