About Laurence
Laurence Scappa is a licensed clinical social worker who draws on a range of therapeutic approaches to help people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship challenges, intimacy concerns, and depression. He writes plainly and works with each person to find practical ways forward. Laurence has four decades of professional experience and brings steady guidance to moments that feel overwhelming.
He believes people know their own stories and that strengths already exist to build on.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on real problems and small achievable steps. Laurence aims to make therapy understandable and relevant so progress can be felt between meetings. His approach often blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered methods to address symptoms and patterns.
This lets him help with communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, and obsessive or compulsive thoughts. He also supports those dealing with drug and alcohol addiction and sex addiction. Laurence uses techniques from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy when emotion regulation or relationship clarity is needed.
He helps people manage panic, phobias, and personality-related patterns while working toward more self-compassion and healthier connections. Based in New Jersey, he offers straightforward, steady support without clinical jargon. Conversations focus on what matters now, and on practical steps that fit each person's life and goals.
Evidence-informed approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and encourages actions that line up with personal values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms like anxiety, panic, and compulsive urges. Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes the person's perspective, using empathic listening and collaboration to build confidence and clarify goals.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Laurence will listen to goals, try methods that fit the person, and adapt as needs change. The process is collaborative and paced to what each person finds most useful.
Online sessions can be done by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video makes it easy to have a full conversation and see emotional cues, while phone calls work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and messaging support brief check-ins, ongoing reflection, and flexible communication between longer sessions. These options give practical flexibility so therapy can fit into work, school, or caregiving schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English