Laura Phillips , LCSW

Laura Phillips is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in New York. She has 17 years of experience helping people handle stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She often supports people facing trauma, grief, addiction, and major life changes. Her work includes concerns tied to parenting, career shifts, sleep problems, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.

Clients can expect a direct and steady approach that focuses on what matters most now. Sessions are practical and goal-oriented while honoring the person's history. Laura pays attention to attachment patterns and communication habits to help people feel clearer about their next steps.

She uses a mix of methods to fit each person’s needs, drawing from attachment-based ideas, client-centered listening, and cognitive-behavioral tools. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are also part of her toolkit when people want skills for day-to-day coping. Laura emphasizes building small, doable changes rather than sweeping fixes.

People come to her for a wide range of issues, including abandonment, codependency, caregiver stress, and family of origin problems. She also helps with ADHD-related struggles, bipolar disorder concerns, and compassion fatigue in caring roles. Her approach aims to reduce overwhelm and restore clearer decision-making.

Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging. Language of service is English. For those ready to begin, the typical start is a short matching questionnaire followed by scheduling to fit availability.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions use conversation and reflective questions to identify these patterns and reduce repeating hurts, which can help with relationship and intimacy struggles.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In remote sessions this often means learning specific strategies to change unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors between appointments, which can ease anxiety, low mood, and sleep problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them as progress is made.

Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a simpler check-in. Live chat or text messaging suit short updates, coaching-style exchanges, or people who prefer writing over speaking. These options help maintain continuity when schedules, travel, or work demands change.