Laurie Speed is a licensed professional counselor in Texas with 14 years of experience.
01About Laurie
Laurie Speed is a licensed professional counselor in Texas with 14 years of experience. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, and major life changes. Laurie aims to make therapy understandable and useful for everyday life.
She focuses on building self-love and improving communication. She also helps people cope with caregiver strain, feelings of guilt or shame, loneliness, and the aftermath of divorce or separation.
Background and approach
Laurie emphasizes practical steps alongside emotional work. In sessions she listens first, then helps clients name what matters most. She uses conversations to uncover patterns and to try different ways of responding.
That often means working through painful memories and finding new meanings in life events. Laurie draws on approaches that center the person, look at emotional bonds, and examine life stories. She combines these to fit each person she sees.
Her style is steady and compassionate, but focused on realistic change. Clients who choose her can expect straightforward talk, gentle challenge, and tools to apply between sessions. Laurie works by developing goals together and checking progress as therapy continues.
She aims to help people feel more able to handle day-to-day demands and to find clearer direction moving forward.
02Credentials
- LPC (Texas)
- License 16965 · expires October 2027
- NPI
- 1003663816 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Laurie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Self-love
Methods Laurie names
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04Online support
How Laurie’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s own experience and choices. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people discover their own strengths and answers. This approach is useful when someone needs empathy and clearer self-understanding.Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) pays attention to core emotions and how they affect relationships and reactions. It helps people identify key feelings, understand what they signal, and try new ways of connecting or coping. EFT is often helpful for managing intense emotions and improving how someone responds to stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Laurie will talk with each person about their goals, needs, and preferences, and then suggest ways to combine methods. She treats the selection as a collaboration and adapts as progress is made.
Online formats make regular work easier to fit into life. Video sessions let people use visual cues and deeper conversation. Phone calls can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are suitable for brief reflections, between-session support, or when messaging feels more manageable. These options help make therapy accessible, flexible, and consistent with daily routines.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include caregiver stress, communication problems, divorce and separation, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation, and self-love.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is listening-focused and practical. She balances emotional exploration with concrete skills to use between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has 14 years of clinical experience working with people through major life transitions and emotional recovery.
Where is she licensed and based?
Laurie holds a Texas LPC credential and practices from that state.
Can sessions be held in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What formats are available for sessions?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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