About laura

OUR THERAPEUTIC STYLE AND COLLABORATION

She/Her/Hers

My therapeutic approach is non-judgmental, sex-positive, anti-oppressive, mindful, integrative, and interactive, focusing on your strengths.

Specializing in sexuality, the mind-body connection, and existential questioning around your path in life, I am committed to a collaborative relationship with my amazing clients - you are the expert on your experience. I am a trained and certified Sex Therapist and hold space for your feelings and create room for expression.

I have worked most recently in New York, Istanbul, and Switzerland. After moving regularly as a result of my partner’s work in the humanitarian sector, I personally understand the importance of accessible support and treatment, no matter where we may be. Currently spending most of my time in Toronto, Canada, I am licensed in my practice home base of NYC and currently work with clients in New York, Florida, Iowa, and worldwide.

I listen with open curiosity and ask questions to illuminate your unconscious beliefs and desires. We may utilize somatic check-ins, meditative reflections, psychodynamic exploration, breathwork, cognitive-behavioral questioning, and intentional goal-setting to help ground our work.

 
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specializing in:

Sex Positive approach to intimacy · Holistic Sex Therapy

Humanitarian stress

LGBTQIA+/Kink/Consensual Non-Monogamy/Polyam/Sex Work/Trans/Gender Non-Conforming affirming care

Societal + social media pressures

Body liberation, fat acceptance, HAES

Ex-pat adjustment · Geographic relocation

Questions of meaning, spirituality, identity + purpose

Feelings of disconnect from one’s physical body + environment

Feelings of low self-worth, feelings of shame

Anxiety + OCD

my values

Our world often sees things in a very binary, specific way. This means that many of us do not see ourselves represented in the spaces around us. My work is grounded in the belief that there is nothing pathological about our individual experiences, but that the systems we live in often fail to hold us.

I work to provide trauma-informed, culturally thoughtful care. I believe therapy and holistic support can evolve and use a collaborative, anti-oppressive, empowered, community and systems-based approach. I believe you are the expert, and I am honored to be able to do this work with you.

Education and clinical expertise

I am a US-trained Licensed Clinical Social Worker and have been working in the mental health field for over 10 years. I hold an MS from Columbia University in Clinical Social Work, a BA from Marquette University in Social Welfare + Justice and Sociology, and a post-graduate sexologist certification in Holistic Sex Therapy from the Institute for Sexuality Education and Enlightenment.

I am an AASECT certified Sex Therapist and I have been trained in telemental health best practices through a number of organizations and am a TMHI Telemental Health Practitioner. To learn more about my professional experience, please check out my linkedin. 

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