Laura Hennessy

Laura Hennessy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New Jersey. She brings 13 years of experience from community mental health settings to her work. Laura focuses on helping people who feel stuck by listening, building motivation, and working toward practical change.

Her background includes longtime work at a nonprofit community mental health center. There she supported adolescents and adults coping with mental health and substance use concerns. That experience shaped a direct, down-to-earth approach to therapy.

In sessions she centers the person in front of her. She values clear communication, nonjudgmental listening, and helping people name what they are feeling. Laura uses methods that encourage insight and motivation so clients can make manageable changes in their lives.

She commonly helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship struggles, trauma, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. She also supports people facing abandonment, attachment struggles, codependency, and feelings of emptiness or isolation and loneliness.

Laura aims to meet clients where they are and to move at a pace that feels right. She invites anyone ready to try something different to start with a short conversation and a clear plan for next steps.

Approaches and how they fit into online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's needs with warmth and respect. It helps people feel understood and then build the confidence to try small changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical tools to manage anxiety, depression, and stress more effectively. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, concentrates on understanding emotions and improving how people express needs and connect in close relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify which methods match their goals and preferences. That process can include trying techniques from different approaches and adjusting based on what helps most.

Confirm the therapist's available session formats before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing appointments during work breaks or between other obligations. It can also allow for shorter check-ins when needed and options that reduce the need for high-bandwidth video. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, worksheets, and mindfulness practices so they work in remote sessions and support steady progress over time.