Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- ADHD
How Laura works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW-R
- Licensed in
- New York
- Years in practice
- 40
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Laura
Laura White is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 40 years of experience. She uses a client-centered style that focuses on what each person brings to the room and builds on their strengths. Her approach is practical and goal-focused, with an emphasis on boosting self-esteem and managing strong emotions like anger.
She combines client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques and dialectical behavior strategies. This means she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, practice new skills, and make small changes that add up.
Background and approach
She also uses EMDR and mindfulness tools when trauma or overwhelming memories get in the way. Laura has worked in many settings since 1980, including early work in criminal justice and long-term roles supporting people with medical and caregiving burdens. She understands caregiver stress firsthand and brings both professional and personal perspective to those challenges.
Her experience includes depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, PTSD, addictions, ADHD, eating concerns, and anger management. She supports people navigating relationship and family tensions, parenting stress, grief and end-of-life decisions, and identity issues including LGBTQ concerns. When a referral is needed for medication or specialized programs, she researches options and helps connect people to appropriate services.
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. Laura is based in New York and holds the New York LCSW-R credential. She works with people by phone, video, live chat, or text messaging and is available for evening and weekend appointments.
What Laura works with
Everything Laura lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Laura's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Laura lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy puts the person’s needs and goals first. Online sessions using this approach focus on listening, understanding what matters most, and building on strengths to reduce overwhelm and handle anger more effectively.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. In online work CBT is used to set small, practical goals, practice new responses between sessions, and track progress with exercises or worksheets sent between meetings.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication. These skills can be practiced in phone or video sessions and reinforced with short text check-ins or messaging between appointments.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. That collaboration includes reviewing what has helped in the past and adjusting methods as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video calls work well for in-depth sessions, phone visits use less bandwidth, and live chat or text messaging can be useful for quick check-ins or brief coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care while juggling work, caregiving, or limited free time.
Questions people ask about Laura
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, addictions, trauma, and anger among other issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered and goal-oriented, using CBT and DBT skills along with mindfulness and EMDR when trauma is present.
What is her background and experience?
She has worked in social work since 1980 and brings 40 years of clinical experience across medical, caregiving, and community settings.
Where is she based and what are her credentials?
She is based in New York and holds the New York LCSW-R credential.
Can people who live outside the U.S. work with her?
Yes. Sessions are offered to international clients and are conducted in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; services use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.