Laura Rothkopf, LCSW, MSW(She/Her/Hers)

If you're someone who appears to be managing well but privately feels stuck — in anxiety, self-criticism, or relationship challenges that keep repeating — you may be looking for more than coping strategies. Laura Rothkopf is a licensed clinical social worker providing individual psychotherapy for adults in New York City. She works with thoughtful, often high-functioning people navigating a quiet sense that something isn't working, despite how hard they've tried to figure it out. Many of her clients are professionals, graduate students, and young adults in demanding environments seeking a deeper understanding of themselves and more freedom in how they live and relate.

Laura's approach is grounded in psychodynamic and relational theory, attending to the patterns that shape how a person experiences themselves, their emotions, and their relationships over time. By paying close attention to what arises in session — including within the therapeutic relationship, itself — she and her clients work to understand these patterns rather than feel governed by them. She draws from somatic and integrative approaches when clinically appropriate.

Before becoming a therapist, Laura spent nearly a decade in media and corporate environments, an experience that informs her understanding of the pressures many of her clients carry. She completed postgraduate training in psychodynamic psychotherapy at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy and an advanced clinical practice program at NYU Silver School of Social Work, where she also received her MSW. Her training in philosophy at Barnard College and as a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford informs her interest in how people make meaning of their experiences.

Laura offers virtual sessions for individuals in New York State. She is a private-pay provider and can provide monthly superbills for out-of-network reimbursement — it's worth checking your plan, as many clients are surprised by what they're eligible for.