About Us
Welcome to LAURA & HERMES LIFE SERVICES
Dr. Laura Loli-Dano, a Native Albanian, CCC, RCC, Integrative Therapist, is the Founder of LAURA & HERMES LIFE SERVICES.
Who Are We
Laura & Hermes Life Services was founded by Dr. Laura Loli-Dano, a seasoned psychotherapist and educator with over 30 years of experience. With advanced academic training from Greece, the UK, Italy, and Canada, Dr. Loli-Dano has dedicated her life to supporting individuals, couples, families, and communities in achieving wellness and happiness. Her approach blends science, compassion, and human rights advocacy.
Our Mission
We strive to support human dignity and life wellness for people of all ages. Through integrative, evidence-based therapy and a human rights-focused approach, we help clients build emotional strength, improve relationships, and create meaningful life change. Inspired by the Albanian saying, “Children are the Light of Parents’ Eyes,” we aim to foster environments where every individual can thrive.
Dr. Laura Loli-Dano
Dr. Laura Loli-Dano a Native Albanian, CCC, RCC, Integrative Therapist, is the Founder of LAURA & HERMES LIFE SERVICES.
Graduate Training in School and Clinical Psychology, University of Aristotle (Greece)
MA-MSc Counselling (combined), University of La Verne (Greece/California) & University of Hull (UK)
Doctor of Health, (WHO Quality Rights in Mental Health), University of Bath (UK)
Post-Graduate Diploma in Human Rights in Mental Health, WHO & L’Università di Cagliari (SWITZERLAND & ITALY)
Post-Doctorate Fellowship in Global Mental Health, CAMH & University of Toronto (CANADA)
Dr. Laura Loli-Dano brings over 30 years of working with individuals, couples, families and communities in the Health/Mental Health – Social Services – Teaching Fields pursued originally in Albania, Greece, The United Kingdom, and most significantly in her other Home, Canada. Her early teen years’ passion for becoming a Civil Engineer who could help build solid housing for people in need, took her to pursuing a lifetime journey of striving to help people build life wellness and life happiness.
A true believer in the Albanian Saying: “Children are the Light of Parents’ Eyes” which serves as an inspirational motto for creating optimal life conditions for the youngest society members’ advancement in life.
Most solid little bricks, in building bright humanistic futures, in any society, are placed in close collaboration with other humanistic colleagues, which LAURA & HERMES LIFE SERVICES is always in pursuit of.
She has trainings in several schools of psychotherapy. She has been teaching for over 16 years, at the college and university level, in countries as Albania, Greece and Canada. Her main academic and clinical training is on: Person-Centred Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Existential Therapy, Dialectical-Behavoiural Therapy, Family Systems Therapy, and others. These schools of thought have large applicability at the micro, mezzo and macro levels of practice. Additionally, Dr. Laura Loli-Dano, has led health and mental health services, the latter, in academic health sciences settings, in Canada. Focus has been on promoting human rights-based health systems, and increased quality of care. She is a Technical Reviewer with the World Health Organization in the area of promoting people with disabilities rights, based on the United Nations Convention of the Rights of People with Disabilities.