Laurie Snyder, LCSW

Laurie Snyder is an LCSW who brings 40 years of experience to her work. She focuses on relationships, trauma and abuse, grief, coping with life changes, and coaching. Laurie aims to help people understand their patterns and find clearer ways to relate to themselves and others.

Laurie collaborates with people to tap into their own drive to heal and grow. She integrates techniques that help calm strong emotions and support better emotional regulation. Her approach includes practices intended to neutralize intense feelings from past trauma or present stress and to help people feel more whole.

In sessions she supports people dealing with relationship conflict by working on communication and emotional triggers. She encourages taking ownership of one’s feelings and speaking clearly so conversations lead to more closeness and understanding. Laurie helps clients examine old relational patterns and try new ways of relating that feel safer and more effective.

She also works with people who want to make changes in their lives but feel held back by self-doubt or limiting beliefs. Laurie assists in setting intentions and addressing obstacles that interfere with those goals, helping clients reframe negative thinking and build self-trust and confidence.

Laurie draws on spiritual ideas for those who find them helpful, focusing on present-moment awareness and non-attachment to outcomes. She aims to guide people toward recognizing lessons in their challenges and moving forward with greater clarity and purpose.

How Laurie’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Laurie describes using evidence-based therapeutic techniques alongside practices aimed at calming intense emotion and increasing present-moment awareness. Cognitive psychodynamic ideas focus on how past relational patterns influence current behavior and help people notice and shift those patterns to reduce triggers and improve communication. Techniques similar to tapping or emotional freedom approaches aim to lower the intensity of stress or trauma reactions, making it easier to think clearly and practice new responses.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work with the therapist. Laurie discusses goals, preferences, and what has or has not helped in the past, then collaborates on which methods to try. This is a shared process where adjustments are made as needed to find what best supports progress.

If you plan to work online, check the available session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Many people find online sessions help fit therapy into busy days, allow shorter or more frequent check-ins when needed, and remove travel time that can make consistent scheduling easier. Talk with the therapist about what will best fit your routine and needs so sessions can be arranged around daily life.