About Laura
Laura Messina is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in New Jersey with 15 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, cope with addictions, and deal with trauma and abuse. Laura aims to create a warm, nonjudgmental space where someone can speak honestly about hard feelings and difficult events.
She guides people through relationship and mood concerns in practical, step-by-step ways. Common topics she addresses include panic attacks, depression, workplace strain, and social anxiety.
Background and approach
She also supports those dealing with caregiver stress, guilt and shame, isolation, and money-related worries. Laura helps people navigate pregnancy and childbirth related concerns and women's health issues with attention and respect. She works on communication problems and the process of forgiveness when that is part of healing.
Midlife transitions and questions about self-worth are also within her focus. Her approach centers on listening first, then building plans together that fit each person's life. Sessions tend to be straightforward and conversational, with an emphasis on usable strategies and small steps.
The goal is to help people feel steadier and more able to handle day-to-day stresses. People who choose Laura often want practical help and clear guidance without pressure. She supports each person at their own pace and adjusts as needs change over time.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Laura uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and emotional understanding. One common approach she uses emphasizes learning coping skills for anxiety and panic - teaching breathing, grounding, and short exercises that reduce symptoms in the moment. Another approach focuses on trauma-informed care, which helps people process difficult events at a pace that feels manageable while building safety and stability.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those needs. If something does not feel helpful, she will adjust the plan so it better matches what the person wants to achieve.
Online therapy with Laura is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick updates, brief reflections, or people who prefer typing. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily rhythms.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English