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Laura White, LCSW-R

  • Experience40 years
  • LocationNew York
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Laura

Laura White, LCSW-R, brings a client-centered, practical approach shaped by four decades in social work. She blends supportive, goal-oriented strategies with evidence-based tools to help people manage anxiety, depression, trauma, bipolar symptoms, addictions, ADHD, and a broad range of life stressors.

Background and approach

Her long career includes work in diverse clinical and community settings and training in EMDR, which informs her work with trauma and complex loss.

She emphasizes building strengths and self-esteem while drawing on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, motivational interviewing, and mindfulness techniques to address emotional regulation, relationship challenges, grief, caregiving strain, chronic illness, and other overlapping concerns. Her background in gerontology and personal experience with family caregiving also shape her sensitivity to end-of-life and caregiver stress issues.

Laura accepts international clients and offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging, with scheduling that accommodates evenings and weekends. Her practice focuses on collaborative planning, practical coping skills, and connecting clients with additional resources when needed.

Therapeutic approaches in online care

Laura often uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a collaborative, empathetic space where the client’s priorities guide the work; this approach focuses on listening, validating experience, and building on existing strengths. She also integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which teaches practical skills to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, ADHD challenges, and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and she works together with clients to determine what combination of methods best fits their goals, preferences, and current concerns. Sessions may begin with more supportive, exploratory work and shift toward skill-building or trauma-focused techniques as needs evolve.

Online therapy with her is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different comfort levels and schedules. These formats make it easier to access regular support from evenings or weekends, to fit sessions into busy lives, and to continue care when travel or location would otherwise be a barrier.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Laura address?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, depression, ADHD, addictions, relationship and family problems, grief, caregiver stress, and related challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is client-centered and supportive, combining goal-oriented work with techniques from CBT, DBT, EMDR, motivational interviewing, and mindfulness to tailor treatment to each person's needs.
How much experience does she have?
She has been active in social work since 1980, bringing 40 years of clinical and community experience to her practice.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the New York license NY LCSW-R 045844 and practices from New York as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Which languages and clients are accepted?
Services are provided in English and she accepts international clients in addition to those located in New York.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible ways to connect.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseBipolar disorderDepressionADHD

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHearing impairedHIV / AIDSHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

40+ years

Licensed

New York

Languages

English

What Laura can help with

Laura White works with clients on stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, depression, and ADHD.

Laura works with all Ages, Religions, Cultures, and LGBTQ.

How Laura approaches therapy

Laura's clinical approaches include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy.

Laura uses Motivational Interviewing and CBT.

Experience and training

Laura is an LCSW-R practicing in New York, with 40 years of clinical experience.