Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Laura works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New York
- Years in practice
- 17
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Laura
Laura Phillips is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in New York with 17 years of practice. She helps people who are stressed, anxious, depressed, or dealing with addiction and anger. Her work centers on practical steps people can use right away at home and at work.
Clients meet a calm, straightforward clinician who listens first and then helps set clear goals. Sessions focus on real problems - sleep struggles, parenting strain, work pressure, grief, or relationship tension.
Background and approach
Laura uses methods that make sense to most people and keeps language simple and direct. She often draws on attachment ideas to look at how past relationships affect present choices. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and build alternative behaviors.
Mindfulness tools help reduce reactivity and steady the body when emotions run high. Laura also uses client-centered listening and motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change. Her style is collaborative - she works with each person to choose what fits their life and goals.
That can mean short-term problem solving or a longer path of rebuilding confidence and communication skills. People who come for anger or intimacy issues will find concrete skills to lower emotional intensity and improve conversations. She supports those coping with family of origin wounds, caregiver stress, abandonment, and related concerns with a steady, practical approach.
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
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Laura lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused 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.
Approaches that translate to online work
Laura often uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current behavior; this helps when the goal is to improve closeness, reduce fear of abandonment, or change repeating patterns. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and practice new behaviors, which can be taught and practiced in sessions and as homework.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those goals. Sessions are collaborative and can shift over time if needs change or new issues arise.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer practical flexibility. Video lets people work face-to-face for skill practice and emotional processing. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when speaking works best. Live chat and text sessions are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing support between longer appointments, making it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life.
Questions people ask about Laura
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting strain, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and related family and career problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is down-to-earth and collaborative. She listens, sets goals with clients, and uses practical exercises people can try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 17 years of experience as a practicing clinician working with a wide range of emotional and life challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, licensed in New York and practices from that state.
Can I work with her in a language other than English?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.