Grounded in rigor.
Open to wonder.
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Therapy for Adults, Couples, and Families
A Depth-Oriented, Relational, and Evidence-Informed Family Systems Perspective
I’m Laura, a psychotherapist, researcher, and Clinical Director of a trauma- and PTSD-focused refugee mental health program in Brooklyn. My work is grounded in the belief that therapy is about more than reducing symptoms. It is about restoring agency, connection, meaning, and a more trustworthy relationship with yourself.
I work with adults, couples, and families navigating trauma, grief, caregiving, illness, identity change, controlling relationships or high-control systems, and major life transitions. I’m especially interested in family therapy and in helping people understand the roles, patterns, conflicts, and inherited stories that shape belonging.
My style is warm, direct, thoughtful, and engaged, with room for humor, creativity, challenge, and imagination. I’m a good fit for people who want to better understand themselves, their relationships, and the patterns that keep repeating.
Someone Who Brings a Collaborative and Integrative Approach
I work through a relational, psychodynamic, and somatically informed lens, with attention to how early relationships, family history, culture, loss, adaptation, caregiving roles, and belonging shape the self over time. My approach is direct, collaborative, LGBTQIA+ affirming, and culturally responsive, with room for curiosity, complexity, and humor.
I draw from trauma therapy, narrative therapy, somatic work, expressive arts, and family systems thinking, but I don’t approach therapy as a script or protocol. I use these tools to help clients understand patterns, conflicts, defenses, desires, relational roles, and the parts of experience that have been difficult to name.
My own experience as a refugee and third-culture kid informs my attention to displacement, identity, and the pressures people face to adapt, survive, perform, care for others, or belong.
I see therapy as a collaborative space for understanding the systems and relationships that have shaped your life, while creating room for growth, connection, agency, and change.
(SOME) AREAS OF EXPERIENCE
These are some of the experiences I regularly support individuals, couples, and families in navigating, with a focus on clinical care, relational insight, and thoughtful integration.
Family, Relationships + Caregiving
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Attachment, Family Patterns + Repair
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Family Estrangement, Enmeshment + Relational Cutoffs
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Adult Children of Narcissistic, Emotionally Immature, or High-Control Families
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Couples Navigating Conflict, Ambivalence, Separation, Divorce + Reconciliation
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Couples + Families Navigating Illness, Caregiving + Major Life Transitions
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Perinatal Mental Health, Parenthood + Family Formation
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Parenting, Co-Parenting + Changing Family Roles
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Trauma, Loss, Integration + Adaptation
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Trauma + Post-Traumatic Integration
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Grief, Bereavement + Ambiguous Loss
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Intergenerational Trauma
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Life Transitions, Identity Reorganization + Meaning-Making
Identity, Culture + Belonging
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Queer Adults, Couples + Families
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Jewish Identity, Culture + Mental Health
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Immigration, Displacement, Third-Culture Identity + Belonging
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Identity After Trauma, Illness, Caregiving + Major Life Change
Control, Coercion + High-Control Systems
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Control, Coercion + High-Control Relationships
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Cultic, Religious, Ideological + Institutional Influence
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Recovery from Manipulation, Coercion + Loss of Agency
Health, Illness + Daily Life
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Body, Health + Medical Disruption
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Chronic Illness, Disability, Sleep Disruption + Aging
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Caregiving, Burnout + Overfunctioning
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OCD + Intrusive Thoughts
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