Laura Costello
Compassionate support for families and relationships
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Laura
Laura Costello is a licensed social worker in Pennsylvania with 15 years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship and family challenges. She helps clients talk through intimacy concerns, grief, and changes that disrupt daily life. Laura aims to make the first step toward help feel manageable and respectful.
She invites honest conversation without judgment and focuses on practical next steps. In sessions she creates a calm space where thoughts and feelings can be named and explored.
Background and approach
She listens first, then works with clients to identify patterns that cause pain. Together they try simple, concrete strategies to reduce distress and improve communication. That can include coping skills for anxiety, ways to manage mood shifts, or setting boundaries within family systems.
Laura draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide the work. She will adapt tools to fit each person’s needs rather than insisting on one method. Progress is treated as a step-by-step process that combines short-term relief with longer-term change.
People meet with Laura for many reasons - from sleep and eating concerns to addiction, anger, parenting challenges, and career stress. She also supports those working through trauma, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and intimacy issues. Her approach is practical, steady, and geared toward usable solutions.
Sessions are offered in English and arranged around each person’s schedule. As a Pennsylvania LCSW Laura brings fifteen years of clinical experience to this work and focuses on meeting clients where they are.
Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Support
Laura uses several evidence-based techniques adapted for online work. One common approach focuses on building coping skills for anxiety and stress through practical exercises and step-by-step tools. These techniques help people manage intense feelings and regain daily routine control.A second approach centers on communication and relationship skills. Sessions teach clear ways to express needs, set boundaries, and handle conflict so family and intimacy struggles feel more manageable. These methods aim to improve interactions and reduce repeated patterns that cause distress.
Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist will ask about goals, daily challenges, and preferences, then suggest methods that fit the situation. This collaborative process allows changes to be tried and adjusted over time based on what works for the client.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. That range makes it easier to fit sessions into busy family schedules, handle brief check-ins between meetings, and continue work during life transitions. Licensed professionals can use these formats to provide steady, ongoing support without requiring travel.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Laura
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- Nothing to set up just to look
- Stop at any point