About Laura
Laura Powers is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 14 years of experience helping people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and other life challenges. She takes a straightforward, down-to-earth approach and focuses on building a trusting relationship first. Her manner is warm and nonjudgmental so people feel heard when they talk about hard things.
She uses practical methods from cognitive behavioral approaches and mindfulness to help people learn new ways of thinking and coping.
Background and approach
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are part of her toolbox for managing strong emotions and overwhelming moments. She also uses client-centered and emotionally focused ideas to keep conversations guided by each person's values and experiences. Laura has worked with people facing grief, parenting strain, relationship difficulties, mood disorders, trauma, and substance concerns.
She also supports those dealing with panic attacks, obsessive compulsive symptoms, postpartum depression, seasonal mood changes, and compassion fatigue. Her practice pays attention to both immediate coping and longer-term shifts in thinking and behavior. Sessions are practical and goal-oriented.
People can expect to learn concrete skills, try them between meetings, and check what works. Laura helps set small, manageable steps so progress is noticeable and not overwhelming. She practices in New York and conducts sessions in English.
For people ready to begin, she guides them through a clear intake and scheduling process so therapy fits their life.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Laura uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different, more helpful responses. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, panic, and obsessive thinking because it focuses on clear strategies and homework between sessions.She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify what matters to them and take action toward those values even when feelings are uncomfortable. That approach is useful for generalized anxiety, avoidance, and stress that gets in the way of living a meaningful life.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels manageable, then try methods that fit. Sessions are collaborative and adjusted as progress and needs change.
Online work is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video is helpful when visual cues matter, phone is a good option when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make sessions more flexible for people juggling work, parenting, or other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
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- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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