Laura Phillips, LCSW - Therapist in New York

About Laura

Laura Phillips is a licensed clinical social worker in New York with 17 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for common struggles like anxiety, depression, grief, parenting stress, and relationship challenges. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at parents and adults trying to manage change or persistent worry.

She listens for patterns that keep people stuck and helps them try different ways of responding. Sessions involve clearer communication skills, steps to manage mood and sleep, and tools to handle anger and impulses.

Background and approach

Laura uses short-term problem solving alongside deeper work about attachment and past hurts. Her training includes methods that help people notice thoughts and test them against reality. She also draws on approaches that center the client’s experience and build motivation for change.

These choices shape practical, do-able strategies rather than long lectures. Clients often work on parenting challenges, family tensions, or recovering from trauma and abuse. Laura offers coaching-style guidance for career and life transitions as well as support for addiction recovery and compassion fatigue.

She tailors each session to what the person needs that week. Sessions may include talking, skill practice, and short home assignments to try between meetings. The goal is steady progress you can use day to day - better sleep, clearer boundaries, calmer reactions, and improved relationships.

Laura keeps the work direct and collaborative so change feels manageable.

How her approaches work online

Attachment-Based Therapy helps people notice patterns in close relationships and where old hurts affect current interactions. It can be useful for issues like intimacy, family problems, abandonment concerns, and repeating relationship cycles.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small experiments. This approach is practical for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing mood or anger in daily life.

Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s own experience and priorities. The therapist follows the client’s lead to build trust and clarify goals, which works well when someone needs space to sort through complicated feelings.

Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the work. Laura partners with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. She adjusts the plan as progress is made so therapy stays practical and relevant.

Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. These options make it easier to fit therapy around parenting, work, and childcare, and to keep momentum between meetings. The format supports consistent practice of skills and smoother scheduling for busy lives.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Laura address most often?

She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationships, parenting, grief, addiction, sleep problems, and self-esteem.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style blends client-centered listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness. She keeps sessions focused on concrete steps and personal goals.

What kind of background does she bring to sessions?

Laura brings 17 years of professional experience working with people facing life changes, emotional pain, and family problems.

Where is she licensed and practicing?

She is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - in New York with license number NY LCSW 094309.

Which languages are supported during sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How are fees and subscriptions handled?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 17 years
Licensed: New York
Languages: English

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