MY GOAL:
To guide your protective system to trust your ability to handle emotions and experiences and integrate in a healthy, positive way, leading to peace, clarity, and connectedness.
Many people come to therapy looking to stop or get rid of certain things. When you experience trauma your protective system becomes really active in order to help you function, survive, and get through that awful event, emotion, experience, etc. Those parts of your protective system you want to get rid of so badly are often there as a response to protect you. This can be confusing though because they manifest in negative ways. Rather than pushing away your protective system, I approach therapy seeking to learn about why your system has those behaviors or thoughts and work with your protective system to help it be integrated and healthy.
Areas of Expertise
Childhood Trauma or Family of Origin Trauma
Relationship or Betrayal Trauma
Traumatic Loss
Suicide Loss Survivors
IFS for therapists
Medical Trauma
Ollie Hinkle Heart Foundation Families
Why Work Together?
You’ve tried therapy before — it helped, but it didn’t take you where you truly want to go. I’m here to help you bridge that gap.
I believe that truly effective therapy goes beyond talk therapy and integrates your entire self.
Having experienced both IFS and EMDR personally, I can confidently say that both of these modalities radically changed my life for the better.
I believe when you have the courage to come to therapy you have the capacity to change your life to experience peace, clarity, connectedness, confidence, and more.
I'm Laura Beaver
I'm a LCSW in Texas who has been in the field for over 17 years. I bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to my work with clients and consider it an honor to walk alongside them in the therapy journey.
Each person’s story is so valuable and important. I can’t wait to learn yours.