About Laurie
Laurie Tucker is a licensed clinical social worker in New York with eight years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with addiction, trauma, mood concerns, anxiety, and major life transitions. Laurie aims to create a respectful and compassionate space for people to begin change.
She uses straightforward conversations and active listening to understand each person's situation. Laurie tailors the session to what matters most to the individual, whether that is building confidence, coping with stress, or addressing patterns that keep them stuck.
Background and approach
She emphasizes practical steps alongside deeper reflection. Laurie draws on a mix of approaches. She often uses client-centered work to follow the person’s lead and CBT to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Motivational interviewing helps when someone is unsure about change, and psychodynamic ideas can uncover long-standing patterns tied to family of origin and identity. Sessions typically focus on small, measurable goals and skills people can use between meetings. Laurie also supports exploration of difficult memories and trauma when clients are ready, using trauma-focused techniques as part of a paced plan.
She aims to balance immediate coping tools with attention to underlying issues. People come to Laurie with concerns such as substance use, process addictions, ADHD, bipolar or depressive symptoms, panic and phobias, relationship stress, and feelings of emptiness or guilt. She works in English and meets with people through flexible online formats or phone options to fit busy schedules.
How Laurie’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy starts by following the person’s lead. The therapist listens closely and shapes sessions around the client’s priorities, which helps when someone needs support with confidence, identity, or life changes.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice concrete skills for anxiety, panic, depression, and mood swings.
Motivational interviewing helps when someone is unsure about change. It uses open questions and reflection to build readiness and clarify personal reasons to act, often useful for addictions and ambivalence about recovery.
Choosing the right mix of methods is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to test approaches, adjust plans, and set short-term goals so progress is clear and manageable.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people have longer, face-to-face conversations and use visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or use written reflection when that fits their routine. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or busy lives while keeping the focus on meaningful change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English