Laura PowersLCSW

Laura Powers is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who brings 14 years of clinical experience to her work in New York. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood changes, and life transitions. She also supports people dealing with postpartum depression and trauma after natural or human-caused disasters.

She prefers a straightforward, warm approach. Sessions focus on building trust and increasing self-awareness so people can handle hard moments. She values being open-minded and non-judgmental, and she listens carefully before suggesting strategies.

Her day-to-day work uses practical tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to build coping skills. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas and a client-centered style to help people clarify their values and goals. The emphasis is on short, useful steps rather than complicated theory.

Clients often talk about grief, sleep problems, relationship strain, addictions, and feeling stuck after big life changes. Laura helps people name patterns, try different behaviors, and practice new ways of managing emotions. She also supports people facing guilt, shame, obsessive thoughts, panic attacks, and social anxiety.

She works with people who want help with parenting, career stress, or compassion fatigue. To begin, she invites a simple conversation to learn what matters to the client and to plan practical next steps together.

How specific approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match their values. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns with practical exercises and homework. It is often used for depression, panic, insomnia, and obsessive thoughts. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) brings skills around emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness to help manage intense emotions and improve relationships.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they will try methods that fit the person’s needs and adjust as therapy proceeds.

Confirm which session formats are offered before booking, since the profile does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people use written exercises and screen-sharing for worksheets and skills practice, while still keeping the focus on clear steps and coping strategies that translate into daily routines.