Dr. Laura Kaplan-Naim, NY Psychologist 014101

Dr. Laura Kaplan-Naim is a New York State licensed psychologist with 30 years of experience working across public and private settings. She holds a PhD in Psychology from Fordham University and completed a post-doctoral degree in Speech and Language Pathology at Columbia University. Her professional license is listed as NY Psychologist 014101, which indicates her credential as a practicing psychologist in New York.

She specializes in supporting adults who face mild reading or language-based difficulties as well as those with more severe learning disorders, addressing how these challenges can affect self-esteem, anxiety, and employment. Dr. Kaplan-Naim integrates practical strategies to reduce anxiety and improve task completion, drawing on relaxation methods and mindfulness to help individuals move forward with school, work, and daily responsibilities.

Working with young adults facing the stresses of immigration or time spent abroad is another area of her practice. She emphasizes building motivation, time management, and executive functioning skills so clients can pursue career goals and succeed academically or professionally. Her approach is collaborative, focusing on concrete steps to strengthen these abilities.

Dr. Kaplan-Naim employs a person-centered style marked by warmth and compassion and uses a range of clinical approaches including Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. Her practice addresses a broad array of concerns such as stress, anxiety, grief, parenting, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, relationship and career issues, depression, coping with life changes, coaching, and ADHD, along with several additional focus areas connected to aging, caregiving, communication, and life purpose.

Services are offered in English and reflect a commitment to working collaboratively with adults to identify practical, achievable steps toward improved functioning and well-being.