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Laura Brown, LICSW, LCSW, CSW
New York
LICSW in New York - Parenting and Life Changes
See online therapy options- Parenting concerns
- Self esteem work
- Career and transitions
About Laura
Laura Brown is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 16 years of professional experience. She works with people on parenting concerns, self-esteem, career challenges, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. Sessions are conducted in English and she practices from New York.
She uses practical, talk-based methods to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and patterns. Laura draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and other approaches to help people try different ways of responding to stress and difficult feelings. She also uses client-centered listening and narrative techniques to help people clarify what matters to them.
In a typical session she talks through current problems and helps set clear, short-term goals. She offers concrete tools for handling parenting stress, improving communication, and managing guilt or shame. Sessions often include small experiments to test new ways of thinking and acting between meetings.
Laura also addresses issues that come up around major life transitions - divorce or separation, blended family concerns, caregiver stress, fertility worries, or midlife reassessment. She helps people work through isolation, first responder stress, and recovery after natural or human-caused disasters. The work focuses on steps a person can try right away.
Her approach is collaborative and pragmatic. She helps people identify strengths in their own stories and builds on those strengths to tackle control issues, forgiveness, and life purpose questions. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How therapeutic approaches work in online sessions
Laura uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT focuses on practical exercises and brief experiments that can be practiced between sessions, which is useful for parenting stress, self-esteem, and coping with changes.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which prioritizes listening and reflecting so a person can clarify their own goals. That approach is helpful when someone needs space to sort out values, life purpose, or feelings after a separation. Existential Therapy is used to look at meaning and choice during midlife shifts or major transitions, helping people consider how they want to move forward.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice can change as progress is made and new challenges appear.
Session formats should be confirmed before booking because the original profile does not list specific online formats. Ask about available options when you complete the matching questionnaire. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare, or travel by reducing commuting time and allowing shorter check-ins when needed.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
16+ years
Listed in
New York, Rhode Island, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Vermont
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she focus on?
She works with parenting issues, self-esteem, career problems, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue, plus related family and life transition topics.
How does she typically work with clients?
She uses practical talk-based methods, setting short-term goals and suggesting small experiments to try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 16 years of professional experience working in a range of mental health areas.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and practices in New York.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment work?
Cost varies with location and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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