Laurie Coppa, LCSW

Laurie Coppa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in New York with 24 years of experience. She helps people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting pressures, career changes, and compassion fatigue. Laurie writes plainly and focuses on clear communication so people feel heard and understood.

She has worked in many settings over two decades, including inpatient psychiatric units, hospital medical teams, neonatal intensive care, adolescent residential care, and services for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. That variety gives her a practical sense of how systems sometimes help and sometimes add confusion.

Laurie describes herself as an interactive, solution-focused clinician who favors straightforward talk over jargon. She often encourages people to name and express their feelings rather than label them. She emphasizes self-love as an important goal and will reflect back what she notices to help clients see things more clearly.

Sessions are intended to be a back-and-forth conversation so the therapist and client can learn about one another. Laurie recommends making session times a priority and typically suggests weekly or biweekly meetings to support change. She prefers live formats that allow dialogue and response during the session.

Her work often addresses practical obstacles that get in the way of life changes. Laurie helps people identify those barriers, test small solutions, and build on what already works. Her plain-speaking style aims to make therapy understandable and useful for everyday life.

How her approaches are used in online sessions