Laura White , LCSW-R

Laura White is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Registered (LCSW-R) based in New York with four decades of professional experience in social work and clinical practice. She began her career in 1980 as a research assistant at Suffolk County Jail, an early experience that helped shape her commitment to working with people across diverse settings and life stages. Her formal training includes a bachelor’s degree in psychology, a master’s degree in social work, and additional master’s-level coursework in gerontology, and she holds an EMDR Level One certification earned in 2001.

Her clinical style blends person-centered principles with family systems thinking, motivational interviewing, the Socratic method, and cognitive behavioral techniques, offering supportive and goal-oriented work focused on identifying strengths and building self-esteem. She has extensive experience addressing depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, PTSD, addictions, eating disorders, ADHD, grief, caregiver stress, medical and disability-related concerns, relationship and family issues, and a range of intimacy-related and identity matters, including LGBTQ needs. Her practice has also included attention to abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, blended family dynamics, chronic illness and pain, codependency, communication challenges, dissociation, and end of life concerns.

When referrals are needed for medication management, rehabilitation, or other services, she researches local resources and connects people with appropriate options. Throughout her work Laura emphasizes collaborative, strengths-based care that helps individuals and families navigate life’s transitions and challenges.