Hi, I'm Laura! 

About Me

Having had experience as both a therapist and therapy client, I have an acute understanding of the importance of the client-therapist relationship in impacting successful therapy outcomes.  I strive to provide a warm, inclusive and collaborative environment for my clients and encourage ongoing client feedback. 

I have been a therapist for 6 years & completed my master’s degree in social work at Columbia University where I specialized in advanced clinical practice with an emphasis on health, mental health, and disabilities.  My graduate clinical internships at New York City’s Mount Sinai Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the ALS Association of NYC combined with my work as a therapist providing counseling to youth and adults in outpatient and intensive outpatient mental health programs at a community hospital in New Jersey gave me the opportunity to work with a diverse population with varying psychosocial needs. Through those experiences, I have supported clients and their loved ones during some of life’s most challenging moments including coping with life-threatening medical diagnoses, terminal illnesses, loss and trauma.

I primarily work with individuals and couples (aged 18+) who struggle with traumatic medical experiences and terminal illness, complex trauma, dissociation, food and body image issues, anxiety, low self-esteem, and grief.  I work with my clients to help them gain deeper insight into their inner experiences by understanding how their past experiences and trauma histories impact their present-day thoughts, behaviors, feelings and relationships.  With that said, understanding is just the first step; actually processing and integrating those past experiences using experiential therapy is the next step in the healing process.  This can best be described as the difference between intellectually knowing something is true vs. actually feeling something is true. 

To help clients do this, I practice trauma-informed, integrative psychotherapy using a combination of treatment approaches depending on the individual needs of each client.  This enables me to provide individualized therapy that builds on my clients’ strengths.  Treatment approaches I have found to be most helpful to my clients include Internal Family Systems, Attachment Theory, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, and the Health at Every Size (HAES) framework. 

As a self-identified “Therapy Nerd”, I spend a lot of time outside of the therapy room reading, learning and training to stay up-to-date on the latest developments in the therapy world.  I also enjoy reading mystery books, cooking, watching shows, listening and singing to music, taking walks, and spending time with my friends and family.

It is an honor to hold space for my clients as they move through the healing process and begin to feel more present and calm in their daily lives, accessing more self-efficacy and joy, making sense of their challenges, and fully participating in meaningful relationships with others.  If you are looking for support in your healing process, and my bio speaks to you, please reach out for a free consultation.  I look forward to connecting with you!

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I welcome all lifestyles & identities and am:

• Weight & Size Inclusive

• Health at Every Size Provider

• LGBTQIA+ Affirmative