About Laura
Dr. Laura Kaplan-Naim is a New York State licensed Psychologist with three decades of clinical experience. She works with adults who are juggling work, school, or big life changes and who struggle with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, or ADHD-related challenges.
Her manner is warm and person-centered. She focuses on practical steps people can use right away. She uses clear, doable strategies to help with time management and executive functioning skills needed for school or work.
Background and approach
Many people come for help with job applications, workplace stress, or the anxiety that pops up when life changes. She guides clients through relaxation and mindfulness tools that are easy to practice. Dr.
Kaplan-Naim has a doctorate in psychology from Fordham University and a post-doctoral degree in speech and language pathology from Columbia University. Her background includes work in both public and personal settings, and she brings that variety into session planning. Her long experience makes her comfortable with complex career and learning-related concerns.
Sessions are collaborative and focused on concrete goals. She helps people break tasks into manageable steps and build practical routines. When worries or grief get in the way, she mixes mindfulness and cognitive approaches to help people keep moving forward.
Her practice also addresses caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, autism-related concerns, cancer-related stress, and other life transitions. Work is done in English and tailored to the person’s daily routines and responsibilities.
Approaches that translate well to online work
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes understandable, respectful listening and helps people set the agenda for each session; it supports motivation and builds trust so clients can tackle practical goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors with structured exercises, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and workplace stress. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and relaxation practices that can reduce immediate anxiety and improve focus for daily tasks.Choosing a method is something the therapist and client do together. Dr. Kaplan-Naim will talk about goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. That collaborative process helps find the best mix of strategies for time management, executive functioning, or coping skills.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video calls let people use visual cues during skill practice, phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or work better when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat options help keep momentum between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy work or school schedules and to practice skills where they are needed.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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