Laura Todd

Laura Todd is a licensed clinical social worker with 16 years of experience. She helps people who struggle with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, parenting concerns, and difficult life changes. She also works with issues like ADHD, addictions, intimacy concerns, and low self-esteem.

Her approach is straightforward. She focuses on building self-awareness and practical skills that people can use between sessions. Conversations look at what matters to the person and which small steps can make daily life easier. Sessions combine learning tools with real-world practice so progress feels useful and manageable.

Laura draws on several ways of working, including acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior skills, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing. These methods are used flexibly to match the problem at hand, whether that is managing intense emotions, breaking unhelpful thought patterns, or improving communication.

She speaks English and Spanish and practices in California as an LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Laura aims to help people build confidence in handling hard moments and to find clearer direction when life feels stuck.

People who choose her often want practical strategies as well as thoughtful listening. She helps clients translate insight into small, doable actions so they can move toward the life they want.

Approaches for online work and emotional skills

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people get clearer about what matters most to them and take small steps toward those values. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, and motivation struggles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments to reduce worry and change behavior. It helps with anxiety, mood, and anger patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills to manage intense feelings and improve reactions in stressful moments.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit best for their goals, needs, and preferences. That means techniques may be combined and adjusted over time based on what is working.

For practical details, confirm the currently offered session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people use mindfulness practices and skills coaching between appointments so learning can be applied directly to everyday life.