About Laurie
Laurie Regna is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 17 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, and life transitions. She works with adolescents and adults and adapts her approach to each person’s needs. Laurie aims to make therapy clear and practical so people can use what they learn right away.
She has worked in multiple settings and offers both short-term and longer-term support. Her practice focuses on common concerns like depression, emotion regulation, and post-traumatic stress.
Background and approach
She also pays attention to issues such as body image, social anxiety, and the emotional impact of divorce and separation. In sessions Laurie emphasizes building on a person’s strengths. She guides people toward small changes that add up over time.
The tone in her work is compassionate and straightforward, with tools that people can try between meetings. Laurie values collaboration and helps people set realistic goals for their lives. She listens for what matters most and adjusts strategies if something isn’t working.
The result is a practical plan that reflects each person’s values and day-to-day reality. Based in New York, Laurie combines real-world experience with a calm, supportive presence. She invites people to talk through current struggles and learn ways to cope better.
Her aim is to help clients move forward and feel more capable in everyday life.
How Laurie Uses Therapeutic Techniques Online
Laurie employs evidence-based approaches that focus on practical change. One approach emphasizes learning skills for emotion regulation and coping with anxiety; sessions teach simple steps to notice feelings, calm intense reactions, and try new responses. Another approach targets trauma-related symptoms and post-traumatic stress by helping people process upsetting memories at a manageable pace and build routines that reduce daily distress.Finding the right approach is part of the work and Laurie treats it as a collaboration. She listens to each person's goals and preferences, suggests options, and adjusts techniques over time. Together the therapist and client choose methods that feel useful and realistic for daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allow flexibility for different schedules. Video is useful for more in-depth conversations, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat is good for shorter check-ins, and messaging helps people reflect between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or parenting routines while keeping the focus on progress and practical skills.
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- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English