Meet Laura Todd
Laura is known in the local mental health communities of San Diego as an effervescent, multi-passionate, collaborative Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor. Laura’s professional background includes a range of roles that heavily emphasize supporting those predisposed to disenfranchised grief, structural oppression, chronic stress, and complex traumas.
Embracing an integrative, relational, collaborative support strategy as a counselor allows for Laura’s clients to practice vulnerability, resiliency-building, and corrective experiences in a safe space. These values and skills naturally transfer to fostering meaningful professional relationships, as well.
Laura truly values creating space to dive deeper into case conceptualizations with her fellow therapists, and is especially passionate about supporting others in expanding upon their understanding of themselves, their clients, and the world through clinical work that considers intersectional, sociological and neurobiological layers.
What I Offer
Therapists seeking meaningful connection, shared growth, and a space to stay anchored in integrity and community while navigating the nuances of practice–this is for you.
“I have found that upon empowering others to claim that deeper understanding [of themselves, for themselves, for their clients, and for the world] the outcome is a collective snowball effect of progress toward connection that is more whole, more authentic, and more meaningful.”
Laura intentionally offers alternative frameworks that can challenge or adapt existing, dominant narratives that inform how we assess, diagnose, pathologize, and approach evidence-based practices. By centering and amplifying QBIPOC voices and drawing wisdom from precolonial practices, Laura aims to cultivate & model a more expansive and inclusive understanding of healing.
Laura’s Core Principles of Effective Practice
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At the center of Laura’s practice is the understanding that human connection is one of the most valuable assets when it comes to meaningful healing, learning and growing. Interventions can only go as far as the trust in the room allows, and trust is best cultivated by authenticity & congruence in word, action, and presence.
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We can only meet our clients as deeply as we have met ourselves. Therapy as a healing modality, especially within existing structures, requires both personal exploration and collective accountability. Once able to align your therapeutic style with your deepest values, watch as you inspire through authenticity rather than relying on distant, formulaic strategies. Laura calls this: ‘walking the walk.’
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Relinquishing the shame-inducing narratives & models that rely on perfection and rigid structures in order to convey professionalism or mastery. Instead, learning to embrace compassionate curiosity as the map towards richer understanding allows for a greater ability to expand into territory that may otherwise feel beyond our reach or out of our usual comfort zones.
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Laura believes that the weaving of the fabric of our beings - our beliefs, emotions, histories, ancestries, relationships, wants, wishes & losses - cannot be adequately addressed by one-size-fits-all, surface-level approaches. To allow for a healing space that is imperfect, dynamic, multidimensional and ever-evolving is to more accurately mirror the dynamics that comprise the human experience.
Why Consulting?
Laura values her role as a teacher, mentor, and guide - energized by every opportunity to expand her collaborative network to include those who yearn to move beyond textbook strategies into more inspired, connected, and relational ways of practicing. Laura currently thrives in her existing roles as therapist, clinical supervisor, group practice director, and health advisory board council member - so the expansion to licensed-to-licensed consulting was a natural addition to her current rotation.
Laura helps professionals discover new ways of understanding themselves, their clients, and the systems we all navigate by integrating intersectional, trauma-informed, sociological, and neurobiological knowledge into how we connect - human to human.
Laura’s vision is and always has been a collective one: to foster learning, growing, and connecting in a way that moves our field - and the communities we serve - toward a more equitable, authentic, and compassionate tomorrow.
Who’s the best fit for consultations with Laura?
Therapists focused on complex, process-oriented trauma work & those open to exploring harms-reduction, anti-oppressive, and deconstructive approaches
Therapists hoping to build confidence & demystify “taboo” topics in the therapy room - sex, infidelity, nonmonogamy, kink, crime, money, politics, body size bias
You feel lonely, detached or isolated in your practices
White clinicians seeking a non-performative space for radical identity development, looking to harness the authority, positionality, & privilege in their therapy chair for good
Those battling imposter syndrome
You’ve noticed the ways your own pain resurfaces in the work—and want a place to explore that safely
Those craving depth, nuance, and soul in their work
Those disillusioned with traditional consultation models that feel impersonal or overly clinical
Testimonials
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"Laura Todd is an invaluable asset for any clinician or team seeking to deepen their trauma-informed practice. Her collaborative, curiosity-driven methods inspire professional growth, help unlearn biases, and build trust. Having witnessed her proactive dedication to professional growth firsthand, I can say with confidence that Laura’s ability to foster communities of practice will elevate the healing capacity and is, without reservation, one of the most gifted and insightful trauma therapists in the field. "
Dr. Shilpi Sheth, PsyD., Regional Director of Clinical Services for Rite of Passage
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“I highly recommend Laura to anyone seeking clinical consultation. She truly goes above and beyond to support, whether that is to seek out learning opportunities, challenge the systems that continue to harm, or simply focus on providing a warm, safe space to explore. Laura has shown me time and time again how to remain curious, intentional, and flexible, valuing the therapeutic space to be its own living, breathing entity.”
Elle Jones, LPCC, The Thriving Initiative, Sirona Healing, & Owner of Aurorean Therapy Practice
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“Laura cares deeply about the work she does with clients and is equally invested in supporting the growth of other clinicians. In our consultation space, she approached every discussion with curiosity and a rich knowledge of systems of oppression, culture, and the many ways these forces impact clients’ lives. Her combination of clinical skill, depth of insight, and commitment to anti-oppressive, liberation-focused work makes her a truly exceptional resource for consultation.”
Gissell Rodriguez, LMFT, Private Practice Owner: GissellRodriguezLMFT.com
Featured Works & Contributions
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Featured Works & Contributions ✦
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