About Laura
Laura Powers is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 14 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, grief, mood concerns, and life transitions. She works from a warm, nonjudgmental stance and aims to build trust so people can talk about difficult experiences. Her style is straightforward and focused on practical steps for moving forward.
She combines approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, and client-centered listening to match each person’s needs.
How Laura works
Sessions often mix skills practice, mood tracking, and reflective conversation. Laura emphasizes increased self-awareness and small behavior changes that add up over time. Common concerns she addresses include depression, bipolar mood issues, panic, obsessive or compulsive behaviors, and substance-related struggles.
She also supports people dealing with parenting stress, relationship strain, grief, and work burnout or compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include postpartum depression, post-traumatic stress, seasonal affective disorder, and recovery after disasters. Laura offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication styles.
Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time and pricing varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions are held with an LCSW based in New York and conducted in English. To begin, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules according to the therapist’s availability.
The initial step is to describe the main concern and choose a session format that works best for daily life.
Laura lists 10 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.
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then choose actions that reflect their values. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like panic, obsessive thoughts, and low mood. It emphasizes practical exercises and clear goals. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) supports people in recognizing and reshaping emotional responses, which can help with relationship strain, grief, and intense emotional reactions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. Early sessions often include a discussion of what feels most useful and adjustments over time so the plan matches progress and comfort.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different days and rhythms. Video is helpful for in-depth conversation and skills practice, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to use the communication style that feels most natural.
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A practical next step
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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