About Laura
Laura Lekocevic is a licensed clinical social worker with 14 years of experience in New Jersey. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and depression. Laura speaks English and Spanish and aims to make conversations straightforward and understandable.
She uses a client-centered approach to create a welcoming space where people can share thoughts and feelings without judgment. This means sessions start with what matters most to the individual and move at a comfortable pace.
How Laura works
Laura also draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to spot patterns of thinking that keep problems going and to practice new ways of responding. For those affected by traumatic events, she offers trauma-focused strategies to address painful memories and reduce their hold on daily life. Mindfulness techniques are woven in to help people notice stress and return focus to the present moment.
Together these tools support clearer thinking and calmer reactions. Laura helps with many related concerns, including caregiver stress, communication problems, control issues, domestic violence, immigration worries, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. She also addresses forgiveness, guilt and shame, infidelity, life purpose, multicultural issues, and social anxiety.
Sessions are described plainly and with patience to reduce the worry of starting therapy. Laura encourages small steps and practical changes so people can begin feeling more capable and connected over time.
Laura lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
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Online support options
How Laura’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own goals and priorities. In this approach the therapist listens carefully and follows the client’s lead so sessions feel relevant and grounded in everyday concerns. It helps when someone needs a nonjudgmental space to sort through stress and relationship questions.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. Sessions include simple exercises to test those thoughts and try new ways of responding. This approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and some relationship habits.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals and try methods that feel like a good fit. Adjustments are made over time so the plan matches needs, preferences, and what seems to help.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls recreate a face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is low or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for shorter updates, processing between sessions, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep progress moving forward.
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