Laura Todd, LCSW

Laura Todd is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with 16 years of professional experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting struggles, grief, and anger, among other concerns. She offers services in English and Spanish and draws on practical therapy methods to help people manage difficult feelings and situations.

Her approach emphasizes building self-awareness and concrete skills. Sessions focus on identifying patterns that keep problems going and trying out different ways of responding. She uses techniques that help people notice thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, and practices to change unhelpful behavior over time.

Laura blends elements from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. That mix allows her to address intense emotions, unhelpful thinking, and problems with relationships or routines. She also brings trauma-focused tools when past events are affecting present-day functioning.

People often come for help with parenting strain, communication problems, obsessions or compulsions, substance use concerns, or the grief that follows loss. She works with those wanting clearer boundaries, steadier moods, or better control over anger and impulse-driven reactions.

Her work aims to teach skills people can use outside sessions. Clients learn to notice triggers, try small behavior changes, and practice new ways to relate to themselves and others. To begin, prospective clients complete an online match questionnaire and schedule a first session.

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