Laura Brown, LICSW, LCSW, CSW

New York · 16 years in practice

Laura Brown helps people facing parenting stress, low self-esteem, career crossroads, compassion fatigue, and big life changes.

License and registration

LCSW, New York: 087062 · expires December 2026
LICSW, Rhode Island: ISW04244 · expires May 2027
LCSW, Oregon: L15716 · expires March 2027
LICSW, Washington: LW 61594673 · expires January 2027
LCSW, Colorado: CSW.09932708 · expires August 2027
LICSW, Vermont: 089.0136868 · expires January 2028
NPI: 1962790790 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 16
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 Brown helps people facing parenting stress, low self-esteem, career crossroads, compassion fatigue, and big life changes. She talks plainly and aims to make therapy feel practical and doable for someone juggling a busy life. Laura uses a direct but warm manner to help people find clearer next steps.

Laura brings 16 years of clinical experience to her work. She holds LICSW, LCSW, and CSW credentials and practices from New York.

Background and approach

She treats the person sitting across from her as the expert on their own story and builds on what already works in their life. Her sessions focus on identifying what matters to each person and on small changes that produce real relief. She mixes approaches to match a person’s needs, drawing on talk-based methods and tools to shift unhelpful thoughts and patterns.

Sessions often include problem-solving, goal-setting, and reframing how a person talks to themselves. Clients come with concerns about family roles, blended family issues, fertility questions, caregiver strain, job stress, and isolation. Laura also addresses communication problems, grief after separation, and guilt or shame that holds people back.

She helps people explore life purpose and midlife transitions. Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She listens without judgment and helps people try new ways of handling old problems.

Therapy is paced to what each person can manage, with practical steps between sessions.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Laura lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Approaches Laura names

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Online support

Approaches and Online Options for Real-Life Problems

Existential Therapy helps people face big life questions and find personal meaning when routines or roles shift; it can be useful for life purpose concerns, midlife changes, and coping after loss. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person, creating space to explore feelings about parenting, relationships, or guilt. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses concrete exercises to change unhelpful patterns that affect mood and behavior.

Choosing which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video works well for full sessions and face-to-face connection, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and messaging lets people track progress and send updates between visits. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy schedules.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Laura address?

She works with parenting challenges, self-esteem struggles, career difficulties, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes plus many related family and personal issues.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her approach is collaborative and straightforward, combining listening with practical problem-solving and goal-setting to make changes between sessions.

What experience does she bring to therapy?

She has 16 years of clinical experience helping people with motivation, confidence, career concerns, and major life transitions.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds LICSW, LCSW, and CSW credentials and practices from New York.

Which languages are used and can international clients join?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What formats are available for sessions?

Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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