Laura Wiseman, LCSW

Laura Wiseman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in New Jersey with 20 years of practice. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship strain, parenting concerns, grief, trauma, and mood disorders. She also works with career questions, ADHD, and fertility-related stress.

Her style is straightforward and people-focused. Sessions begin with building a working connection and clear goals. She uses practical conversations rather than abstract theory. Clients can expect to talk through recent problems, identify patterns, and try concrete steps between sessions.

Laura draws on Client-Centered Therapy to keep the session focused on the person's perspective. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors. Solution-Focused Therapy informs short-term, goal-oriented work when immediate changes are needed.

She has worked across common life stressors for two decades. That background includes helping people cope with domestic violence aftermath, post-traumatic stress, social anxiety, and mood disorders. She also supports people managing parenting stress and family problems.

Practical tools often appear in sessions: thought tracking, simple behavioral experiments, communication exercises from the Gottman Method, and brief problem-solving steps. The focus is on skills people can use between sessions to reduce reactivity and handle tense moments more calmly.

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