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Barbara (Blaze) Lazarony, MA, LMFT

she/her/they

 

Specialties and Certifications

 

  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #151788

  • Autism & ADHD Assessment Specialist

  • Neurodiverse Couples Specialist

  • Advanced Certified Trauma Specialist

  • Advanced Certified Integral Coach

  • Brainspotting Certified, Levels I & II

 

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Life Experience

 

  • More than four decades with her high school sweetheart, in a marriage they now recognize as neurodiverse

  • Discovered her own neurodivergence at 57

  • More than 20 years at Macy’s, leading teams responsible for $2.5 billion in sales across 42 stores

  • Coach, nonprofit executive director, and now therapist: her third career

 

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Education

 

  • MA, Counseling Psychology, Sofia University, with a Certificate in Creative Expression

  • BS, Home Economics, Fashion Merchandising, The Ohio State University

Blaze’s Story


I’m Barbara Lazarony, but everyone calls me Blaze.

 

I discovered I was neurodivergent at 57. It didn’t feel like a diagnosis. It felt like coming home, and like finally having words for why so much had always felt harder for me than it seemed to for everyone else.

 

That’s why I take assessments seriously. I also have OCD. It makes me meticulous, and in an assessment, that attention to detail is a gift. An accurate assessment is more than a label. It gives you language, validation and a foundation to build from.

 

Before this work, I spent more than 20 years at Macy’s, then coached women building their own businesses. At the bright young age of 53, I went back to graduate school, and therapy became my third career. I’ve been with my high school sweetheart for more than four decades, in a marriage we now recognize as neurodiverse, so I know how much a clear answer can change a relationship, too.

 

Nothing about you is broken. My job is to help you see how you’re actually wired, and what fits from here.

Main Areas of Focus

 

Adult Autism and ADHD Assessments

 

For adults 18 and over in California, completed online. I combine standardized measures with questionnaires, conversation and observation, so the picture reflects your lived experience, not just a score. Many of the people I assess are late-identified and high-masking. Afterward, we look at your strengths first, and family members can get support and resources too.

 

Neurodiverse Couples Therapy and Coaching

 

I help both partners see the pattern underneath the fight, so the conversation can shift from “What is wrong with you?” to “Oh. That’s what’s happening between us.” We work on communication, the loops you keep getting stuck in, and building intimacy that fits both of you.

Other Areas of Focus
 

  • Couples and marriage therapy and coaching

  • Trauma and PTSD (including Brainspotting)

  • Depression and anxiety

  • Executive and leadership coaching

Clients
 

  • Couples

  • Individuals (adults only)

Modalities

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  • Client-Centered Therapy

  • Brainspotting

  • Emotionally Focused Therapy

  • Grief and Shame Work

  • Integral Coaching

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Sandplay

  • Transpersonal Therapy

  • Trauma-Focused Therapy

  • Writing to Heal and Expressive Arts

Licenses

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  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT #151788

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