About Laura
Laura Miller is a licensed clinical social worker in New York with 22 years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship concerns, depression, and coping with life changes. She speaks directly and calmly with people who are feeling overwhelmed and unsure of the next step.
Laura believes each person knows their own story best and brings strengths that matter in change. In sessions she helps people name what is most troubling and build small, practical steps to feel steadier.
Background and approach
She encourages realistic goals and steady progress rather than quick fixes. Her background includes long-term work supporting people through addiction and recovery, and guiding those facing major life transitions. She listens for the routines and patterns that keep problems stuck and then works with clients to try different ways of coping.
Topics she commonly addresses include caregiver stress, codependency, guilt and shame, and feelings of isolation. Laura also helps people explore purpose, self-worth, and relationship patterns. She uses clear, concrete conversations to practice new ways of handling worry and panic.
Sessions often focus on skills people can use between meetings to manage day-to-day stress. People can expect a collaborative, down-to-earth approach. Laura frames change as a series of manageable steps and tailors sessions to what a person needs that week.
She is listed as LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Many people benefit from straightforward, evidence-based techniques that focus on current concerns and teach practical skills. Behavioral strategies help break unhelpful routines by building new, manageable habits and are often used for anxiety, panic, and mood concerns. Motivational approaches focus on strengthening a person's own reasons for change and are commonly helpful for drug and alcohol addiction and codependency issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Then she will suggest methods to try and check in regularly to adjust the plan based on progress and feedback.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video allows face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone can be useful when a camera is not wanted, live chat offers a shorter check-in, and messaging works well for ongoing prompts and brief support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep continuity when life gets in the way.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English