Laura Phillips , LCSW

Laura Phillips is a licensed therapist based in New York with 17 years of clinical experience supporting adults through stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, trauma and addiction. As an LCSW - a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - she blends practical strategies with compassionate listening to help people manage life changes, grief, parenting challenges, career concerns, and complex family dynamics. Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns including intimacy-related issues, sleeping difficulties, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and caregiver or compassion fatigue, with attention to patterns like codependency, communication problems, abandonment, and family-of-origin issues.

Laura emphasizes a collaborative, person-centered approach that honors each individual's history and strengths while offering concrete tools for coping and growth. She draws on evidence-informed methods to support clients in building self-understanding, improving communication, and navigating transitions such as divorce, adoption and foster care dynamics, or workplace stress. Known for an empathic, nonjudgmental style, Laura works with people facing both everyday pressures and deeper emotional wounds to foster greater resilience and clearer direction in their lives.

Attachment, Client-Centered, and CBT Approaches for Online Care

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape emotional responses and patterns. It helps people explore connection, trust, and closeness issues so they can form healthier relationships and feel more secure in attachments.

Client-Centered Therapy centers the individual's experience by offering empathic listening and validation. This approach helps people develop self-awareness and self-directed growth by working at their own pace and building on their strengths.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for managing anxiety, depression, stress, and many day-to-day challenges by breaking problems into workable steps.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Laura collaborates with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences and then tailors interventions accordingly so the work feels relevant and manageable.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for busy schedules and varied comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access therapy from different locations, and select the format that best supports engagement and progress with licensed professionals and therapists.