- Guilt and shame work
- Emotion-focused care
- Narrative exploration
About Laurie
Laurie Speed is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 14 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and major life changes. Laurie also works with concerns like caregiver stress, communication problems, divorce and separation, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation, and self-love.
Her sessions focus on understanding what feels most urgent and practical for each person. She listens for the patterns behind painful feelings and looks for small, doable changes that can make daily life easier. Faith-informed values are part of her perspective when clients request that frame of reference.
Laurie draws on a mix of approaches. She uses client-centered work to follow what matters most to the person in front of her. She also uses emotionally-focused and narrative methods to help people name difficult emotions and reframe the story they tell about themselves. Psychodynamic ideas are used to notice long-standing patterns that repeat in relationships and choices.
In a typical session she will help clients talk through a recent event, identify the feelings tied to it, and try a different response or interpretation. She aims for clear, practical steps rather than abstract theory. Sessions can include reflection on past experiences when that helps explain present reactions.
Laurie offers services in English and practices from Texas. She does not accept international clients. If someone is ready to begin, she asks them to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on following what matters most to the person in the room. Online sessions using this approach concentrate on listening, reflecting, and helping clients set immediate, practical goals for daily life. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people name and work with strong emotions so they cause less confusion in relationships and decision making. Narrative Therapy looks at the stories people tell about themselves and offers ways to reframe those stories into more helpful versions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Laurie will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, and together they will decide which methods to try first. That collaborative decision can change as therapy progresses based on what helps most.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. They also let people meet with a licensed professional from their home area without rearranging a full day, which can help keep therapy practical alongside work and family responsibilities.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
14+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and coping with life changes, plus related issues like caregiver stress, communication problems, and guilt and shame.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style uses client-centered listening, emotionally-focused work to name feelings, narrative techniques to reframe stories, and psychodynamic thinking to notice repeating patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 14 years of experience working as a therapist in Texas.
What are her official credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to people outside the US?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified here; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does her pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.