Laurie Regna

Laurie Regna is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 17 years of experience helping adolescents and adults. She practices in New York and focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. She also addresses concerns around body image, divorce and separation, forgiveness, self-love, social anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and women's issues.

Laurie uses an eclectic, evidence-based approach and adapts techniques to what each person needs. Sessions can be brief or part of longer work, depending on the situation. She aims to create a calm, compassionate space where people can name their struggles and build practical steps forward.

In sessions she helps clients understand patterns of thinking and behavior. She supports skill building for emotion regulation and anger management. Laurie also helps people process trauma and manage symptoms that get in the way of daily life.

Her style is collaborative and strengths-focused. She encourages people to notice what already works for them and to try small, doable changes. Laurie guides people toward clearer goals and practical coping tools so they can feel more capable day to day.

Clients often bring worries about school, work, relationships, or life transitions. Laurie works with those concerns by combining structured techniques and talk-based support, adjusting pace and focus as goals evolve.

Approaches that help with stress, trauma, and anxiety

Laurie uses evidence-based techniques tailored to each person. One common approach is skills-based work for emotion regulation, which teaches practical tools to manage intense feelings and reduce impulsive reactions. This can be helpful for anxiety, anger, and daily stressors.

She also uses trauma-informed processing to help people make sense of painful experiences. That work focuses on pacing, grounding skills, and integrating coping strategies so trauma-related symptoms become more manageable. For mood-related concerns, she incorporates structured strategies to address patterns that keep depression or low self-esteem active.

Finding the best approach is part of the process. Laurie collaborates with each person to decide what to try first and adjusts methods as needs and goals change. She prioritizes clear, shared goals so progress can be tracked and modified together.

If you are considering online work, confirm the available session options before booking since specific formats were not listed in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and homework to remote work so progress continues between sessions.