History
Laura Goodspeed, MFT moved into private practice in 2011, after more than 15 years in counseling, social work and clinical case management with community-based mental health and non-profit agencies. Laura now dedicates her time exclusively to her thriving psychotherapy practice, providing counseling and EMDR (an evidence based treatment for trauma related disorders) to individuals, couples and groups. Laura is a graduate of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and New College of California, both institutions which place a strong emphasis on social justice, cultural competence and the idea that our individual struggles cannot be distilled from the larger socio-political framework in which they occur.
Specialties
I provide primarily on-line (video) therapy, with the option to schedule occasional in person sessions, which are conducted in my office in the Mission neighborhood in San Francisco. Grief & Loss Trauma/PTSD Relationship Issues Substance Abuse/Addiction/Recovery Anxiety Depression Employment Stress Managing Attachment Styles in Relationships Cancer Diagnoses, Treatment, Survivorship Chronic and Terminal Illness Self Esteem and Self Compassion I work from the assumption that you are the expert on your life, not me, and that you just need some help getting