Alex Speer, AMFT

Alex Speer is a queer-affirming relational therapist serving clients throughout California, including Los Angeles, specializing in LGBTQ+ affirming care, mood disorders, life transitions, parenting support, and addiction/relational work.

Alex believes therapy is a space where you can bring your whole self. The messy parts, the questions, and everything in between are welcome.

Many of the people she works with are used to being the one others rely on. They hold a lot, both internally and in their relationships. On the outside, they often seem put together, but inside they feel stuck. They may be repeating patterns, struggling with anxiety, or feeling disconnected from themselves and their emotions.

Alex’s work focuses on helping clients develop deeper self-understanding. Together, you begin to understand the why behind your patterns, reconnect with your emotional world, and build a more authentic and self-trusting relationship with yourself.

Her approach is relational, intuitive, and engaged. She shows up as a real person in the room. Her work is conversational, reflective, and grounded in genuine connection. Clients can expect warmth, honesty, humor, and thoughtful reflection, along with gentle challenge when it is helpful.

Alex is especially drawn to attachment work, people-pleasing patterns, and the ways we learn to leave ourselves in order to maintain connection with others. Together, she helps clients reconnect with themselves, strengthen boundaries, feel their emotions more fully, and move toward the life and relationships they want.

As a queer-identifying therapist and new parent, Alex brings both lived experience and professional training into the room. She has experience supporting adults and adolescents navigating identity exploration, relationship challenges, mood disorders, and major life transitions.

Outside of therapy, Alex enjoys drives down PCH, music, books, and reality TV. She spent her early life in Tennessee, in both Memphis and Nashville, before making the move to Los Angeles. She now lives there with her small family of three, plus a dog and cat who occasionally like to make surprise appearances in sessions.

If you are feeling stuck or wanting a deeper understanding of yourself, Alex offers a free 30-minute consultation to see if working together feels like a good fit.

Email: alex.lee.speer@gmail.com

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