About Laura
Laura Lekocevic is a licensed clinical social worker who brings 14 years of experience to clients in New Jersey. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and depression. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish so people can speak in the language they find most natural.
She aims to make the therapy space feel approachable and nonjudgmental. Laura listens, asks practical questions, and helps people put small changes into practice.
Background and approach
Many visits focus on skills to manage overwhelming feelings and clearer ways to talk about needs with others. Her work often addresses caregiving strain, communication problems, control issues, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. She also helps people facing guilt, shame, forgiveness questions, immigration-related stress, and challenges after infidelity.
Practical problem solving and emotional processing are common parts of the process. Laura uses a mix of well-known approaches to help people understand what is happening and try new responses. She supports people as they test different strategies and notice what helps over time.
The aim is steady, manageable progress rather than overnight fixes. People who reach out can expect straightforward talk about next steps. Laura invites clients to describe what feels most important and then works together to set clear, realistic goals.
This helps keep sessions focused and useful.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person without judgment. In practice that means sessions start with the client’s goals, and the therapist reflects and clarifies so people feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete exercises people can use between sessions to reduce anxiety and improve mood.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and past experiences and suggest which methods to try first. They adjust the plan over time based on what helps most, so the work stays practical and tailored to the person.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, focused skill practice, or people with busy schedules. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or school routines while keeping the same therapeutic focus.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English, Spanish