Laura White, LCSW-R
New York · 40 years in practice
Laura White is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with four decades of experience in social work and clinical care.
License and registration
- LCSW-R, New York
- 045844 · expires May 2028
- NPI
- 1508987132 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 40
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Laura
Laura White is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with four decades of experience in social work and clinical care. She brings a practical, supportive style and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood disorders, trauma, and life transitions. Laura works in New York and offers therapy in English.
Her practice centers on a person-centered way of working that starts with listening. She combines that with cognitive behavioral tools and mindfulness to help people notice unhelpful patterns and build new coping habits.
Background and approach
She also uses dialectical behavior techniques for emotion regulation and has experience with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, EMDR, when trauma processing is needed. Laura has a Bachelor’s degree in psychology and a Master of Social Work, plus graduate coursework in gerontology.
She served early in her career doing research in a county jail, and that experience shaped her commitment to social work. Over the years she has worked with people facing depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, addictions, grief, eating concerns, and a wide range of health-related and caregiving challenges. She pays attention to the practical side of care.
That means setting clear goals, identifying small steps, and helping people find community resources when medication, rehab, or other services are needed. Her family experience with multiple cancer losses also informs her understanding of caregiver stress and end-of-life concerns. Laura offers a straightforward, collaborative approach.
Sessions are goal-oriented and supportive, and she aims to help people build strengths they can use in daily life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Laura lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Laura names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience, helping people feel heard and guiding sessions around their goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps identify thought and behavior patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, or stress and teaches practical skills to change them. EMDR is used for trauma processing and involves structured interventions to reduce the emotional impact of distressing memories when that approach fits a client's needs.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and history and then try methods that match those needs. Plans can be adjusted as work progresses so the client always helps shape the direction of therapy.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging is useful for ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different routines while working with a licensed professional.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Laura address in therapy?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, depression, ADHD, addictions, grief, and a broad range of relationship and family-related issues.
What therapeutic style can I expect?
Sessions emphasize a person-centered approach combined with cognitive behavioral tools, mindfulness, and dialectical behavior techniques to manage emotions and change patterns.
How much clinical experience does Laura have?
She has been active in social work and clinical practice for 40 years, beginning her career in 1980 and continuing through a variety of roles in clinical settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a LCSW-R, licensed in New York, and practices out of New York.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered to international clients and are conducted in English.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are fees handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
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