About Laura
Laura Powers is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who offers straightforward, practical help for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and related concerns. She speaks plainly and focuses on real steps that make day-to-day life easier. Laura uses common-sense approaches so conversations stay easy to follow.
She centers work around a trusting relationship. Sessions are collaborative and grounded in what each person needs right now. Laura listens without judgment and helps people notice patterns that keep them stuck, then tries new ways of responding.
Background and approach
Her practice draws on several evidence-based approaches, including cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness and acceptance-based ideas, and emotionally-focused ways of understanding relationships. Those tools get adapted to clear goals such as better sleep, managing mood swings, reducing panic, or handling grief. Clients often bring concerns about addiction, parenting strain, career stress, trauma, or identity-related stress.
Laura also supports people coping with natural or human-caused disasters and those working through guilt, shame, or forgiveness. She explains strategies in simple language and gives concrete skills to practice between sessions. With 14 years of experience, Laura blends warmth and practical direction.
She practices in New York and offers sessions in English. People who want a thoughtful, steady guide for life changes or emotional struggles can find a clear plan and steady support with her.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take committed action toward those values. It uses simple exercises to notice thoughts and choose actions that move life forward, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It breaks problems into manageable parts, teaches practical skills to change thinking and behavior, and often uses short exercises between sessions to build new habits.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on understanding emotions and improving how people relate to themselves and others. It can be helpful for improving emotional awareness and repairing patterns that cause distress.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they try methods that fit the person’s needs and adjust the plan over time.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and working through exercises. Phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can be used for quick reflections, skill reminders, or when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and keep steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- 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