Works with
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New York
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Lauren
Lauren Petrocelli is a licensed clinical social worker in New York with eight years of experience. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth support for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and anger. Lauren aims to make the first step feel manageable and clear.
Lauren works with people who are living with disabilities or chronic health issues, including long-term pain and illness. She also supports those coping with career strain, relationship concerns, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and sleep problems.
Background and approach
She pays attention to how health and daily demands shape mood and behavior. Her approach is collaborative. Sessions are a space to talk through current struggles, try simple skills, and set short goals that fit real life.
Lauren uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts, and she brings mindfulness practices to help with moment-to-moment stress. She also draws on solution-focused methods to identify what is working now, then build on those strengths. This keeps work concrete and goal-oriented so progress feels visible.
Lauren adapts pacing and techniques to each person’s needs and energy. Clients report practical takeaways from sessions, like clearer routines, better coping strategies, and calmer responses to triggering situations. Lauren encourages steady steps rather than quick fixes, and helps people plan ways to try new habits between sessions.
She offers services in English in New York and through online formats when appropriate.
What Lauren works with
Everything Lauren lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Lauren's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Intellectual disability
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lauren lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Lauren uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; this approach is practical and often focuses on small experiments that can reduce anxiety, low mood, and anger. Mindfulness therapy is used to teach simple attention and breathing practices that calm stress and improve sleep and focus. Solution-focused therapy emphasizes identifying what's already working and building on those strengths to set realistic, short-term goals.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lauren will collaborate with each person to match techniques to their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they review what helps, adjust the plan, and try different tools until a good fit is found.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a quicker check-in or work better with lower bandwidth. Live chat and messaging suit brief updates, written reflections, or day-to-day support between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and varied routines.
Questions people ask about Lauren
What concerns does Lauren commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, anger, and coping with life changes. She also supports people facing chronic health issues, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and sleep problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She uses short-term goals, skill practice, and discussion to help people manage symptoms and daily challenges.
How much experience does she have?
She has eight years of professional experience working in mental health settings and with people who have chronic health concerns.
What credentials and location are on record?
She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential (LCSW) in New York and practices there.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are fees and getting started handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.