Laura Lekocevic
Experienced LCSW focusing on practical growth
LCSW New Jersey
- Experience
- 14 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English, Spanish
About Laura
Laura Lekocevic is an LCSW based in New Jersey who draws on 14 years of clinical practice to help people manage stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression.
Background and approach
She emphasizes a client-centered stance, creating an approachable space where individuals can explore thoughts and emotions without feeling judged. Her background includes work on caregiver stress, communication and control issues, domestic violence, and multicultural concerns, which informs a broad, trauma-aware perspective.
Using practical therapeutic tools, she helps clients increase self-understanding and build skills for everyday challenges such as social anxiety, feelings of emptiness, guilt and shame, and struggles with life purpose. Laura also supports those facing family problems, immigration-related stress, infidelity, isolation, and the process of forgiveness and self-love.
She conducts sessions in English and Spanish and encourages people to take the first step toward greater well-being by offering steady, empathic guidance throughout the therapeutic process.
Approaches that guide online care
Laura integrates cognitive behavioral methods and trauma-focused techniques into her online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy involves identifying unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and practicing alternative responses to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms; it is often useful for stress, social anxiety, and relationship-related patterns. Trauma-focused therapy attends directly to the effects of past traumatic experiences, helping clients process distressing memories and learn coping strategies to reduce their ongoing impact.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She works with clients to clarify goals and preferences, then tailors methods to the individual's needs rather than applying a single method to everyone. This collaborative stance helps clients feel involved in shaping their own treatment plan and makes adjustments as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible access to care. These formats allow people to fit therapy into busy lives, maintain continuity when travel or scheduling conflicts arise, and use different communication styles that suit their comfort level.
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Experience
14+ years
Licensed
New Jersey
Languages
English, Spanish