Laura PhillipsLCSW

Laura Phillips is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in New York with 17 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people cope with anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship concerns. Her background includes work with trauma, grief, parenting strain, and issues around intimacy and communication.

Her style is calm and practical. She listens for what matters most, then works with each person to set small, achievable goals. Sessions often involve identifying unhelpful patterns, trying new ways to handle difficult moments, and building skills for better sleep, emotion regulation, or managing impulsive behaviors.

Laura draws on approaches that center relationships, personal values, and present-day problem solving. She uses attachment-informed ideas to understand how early relationships shape reactions today. She also uses client-centered methods to keep the pace guided by the person's priorities. Cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices are used when they suit the client's goals.

People come to her for a wide range of concerns, including parenting stress, caregiving burden, career strain, addiction issues, ADHD, and the emotional fallout of separation or family problems. She also supports those coping with abandonment, adoption and foster care histories, and compassion fatigue.

She aims to make therapy practical and grounded. Work in sessions typically focuses on clearer communication, reducing avoidance, and building moments of calm. Prospective clients who want a steady, collaborative approach will find a straightforward partner in her practice.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Laura uses attachment-informed work to look at how early relationship patterns influence current feelings and reactions. This approach helps people understand why they may respond strongly in close relationships and supports learning new ways to connect and set boundaries.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT is practical and action-focused, useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt techniques to fit those needs in a collaborative way.

Confirm the available session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or medical appointments. It can also allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight and avoid travel time so therapy is easier to maintain alongside daily life.