Laura Greer, LCSW-A, CTP

Pronouns: She/Her

I believe that you are the expert of your own experience, and that my role as your therapist is to work alongside you to explore and conquer barriers to personal growth and promote positive change and healing.  Having had experience as both a therapist and therapy client, I have an acute understanding of the importance of the client-therapist relationship in impacting successful therapy outcomes.  I strive to provide a warm, inclusive and collaborative environment for my clients and encourage ongoing client feedback.  

 As a self-identified “Therapy Nerd”, I spend a lot of time outside of the therapy room reading, learning and training to stay up-to-date on the latest developments in the therapy world. I have been a licensed therapist for 5 years and completed my master’s degree in Social Work at Columbia University where I specialized in advanced clinical practice with an emphasis on health, mental health, and disabilities. My graduate clinical internships at New York City’s Mount Sinai Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the ALS Association of NYC combined with my work as a therapist in outpatient and intensive outpatient community mental health programs and private practice gave me the opportunity to work with a diverse population with varying psychosocial needs. Through those experiences, I supported clients and their loved ones during some of life’s most challenging moments including coping with life-threatening medical experiences, terminal illnesses, loss and trauma.

I primarily work with individuals and couples (aged 18 and up) who struggle with traumatic medical experiences, complex trauma, food and body image issues, anxiety and grief.  I work with my clients to help them gain deeper insight into their inner experiences by understanding how their past experiences impact their present-day thoughts, behaviors, feelings and relationships.  With that said, understanding is just the first step; actually processing and integrating those past experiences using experiential therapy is the next step in the healing process.  This can best be described as the difference between intellectually knowing something is true as opposed to actually feeling something is true.  

To help clients do this, I practice trauma-informed, integrative psychotherapy using a combination of treatment approaches depending on the individual needs of each client.  This enables me to provide individualized therapy that builds on my clients’ strengths.  Treatment approaches I have found to be most helpful for my clients include Internal Family Systems, Attachment Theory, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, and the Health at Every Size (HAES) framework.  

It is an honor to hold space for my clients as they move through the healing process and begin to feel more present and calm in their daily lives, accessing more self-efficacy and joy, making sense of their challenges, and fully participating in meaningful relationships with others.  If you are looking for support in your healing process, and my bio speaks to you, please reach out for a free telehealth consultation.  I look forward to connecting with you!

I am:

Weight & Size Inclusive

Health at Every Size Provider

LGBTQIA+ Affirmative

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Psychology, Skidmore College – Saratoga Springs, NY

Master of Social Work (MSW), Columbia University – New York, NY

Concentration: Advanced Clinical Practice 

Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate, North Carolina

Clinical Supervisor: John Burns, LCSW 

Certifications:

Certified Trauma Professional (CTP), Evergreen Certifications

Professional Associations

Member of North Carolina Society of Clinical Social Workers (NCSCSW)

Member of Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH)

Member of International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation (ISSTD)

I currently have immediate availability for private pay, BCBS, and Aetna clients. I see clients via telehealth (NC).  

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