About Laura
Laura Chinnici is a licensed clinical social worker in New Jersey with 13 years of practice experience. She focuses on practical, person-centered care and aims to make the first steps feel manageable for people who are anxious or overwhelmed. She uses a client-centered approach to keep conversations focused on what matters most to each person.
That approach pairs with cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques to help with stress, sleep problems, low self-esteem, and mood concerns.
How Laura works
Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person's comfort level. Laura also supports people navigating intimacy and sexuality questions, including nontraditional sexual lifestyles and kink culture. She helps clients talk through relationship difficulties, communication problems, grief, and addiction concerns without judgment.
Her work includes attention to caregiver strain, chronic pain and illness, and end-of-life related worries. Practical goals are central. She helps people break big problems into smaller steps, develop new coping habits, and practice skills between sessions.
Motivational interviewing and narrative therapy shape these conversations so people can clarify values and make changes they want. Sessions can address career stress, parenting strains, ADHD-related challenges, and mood disorders such as bipolar conditions. Laura tailors the focus and pace to each person’s needs and life situation.
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What Laura works with
The areas below are the ones Laura selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's concerns with respect and flexibility. It helps people feel heard and guides the therapist and client to choose goals together.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In online sessions this translates into identifying unhelpful thinking patterns, trying small behavior changes, and practicing new skills between meetings to reduce anxiety or improve sleep.
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple awareness and attention skills to reduce reactivity and improve focus. Short exercises and grounding practices are often used between sessions to build steady habits for stress and mood management.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then combine methods that fit the situation. This collaborative planning helps tailor sessions to what actually helps.
Online formats offer practical advantages. Video calls let people use visual cues and more in-depth conversation. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier on days when looking at a screen is hard. Live chat and text-based messaging work for brief check-ins, coaching-style exchanges, or when someone prefers not to speak in real time. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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