Laurence Scappa, LCSW
New Jersey · 40 years in practice
Laurence Scappa is a licensed clinical social worker with 40 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, and relationship or intimacy concerns.
License and registration
- LCSW, New Jersey
- 44SC01341700 · expires August 2026
- NPI
- 1538324785 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 40
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Laurence
Laurence Scappa is a licensed clinical social worker with 40 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, and relationship or intimacy concerns. He speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Laurence aims to make the first conversations feel manageable for someone who is worried or unsure.
He works from a person-centered stance that recognizes each client as the expert on their own life.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on understanding what matters most to the client, and building on existing strengths to handle hard moments. This approach helps people feel heard while learning new ways to respond to difficult feelings. Laurence also uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to address unhelpful thinking and increase meaningful action.
He will introduce simple exercises that can reduce anxiety, manage cravings, or ease panic symptoms. Over time these steps are combined with deeper emotional work when people want that. Clients who struggle with communication problems, control issues, guilt, shame, obsessive thoughts, phobias, or sexual and substance-related addictions will find focused practical strategies.
He supports work on forgiveness, self-love, and rebuilding intimacy at a pace that fits the person. Sessions are offered in English and arranged to fit the client’s schedule. Laurence encourages people to take small steps toward change and stays alongside them as they try new ways of coping.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Laurence lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
Approaches Laurence names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Emotion and skill-focused online therapy
Laurence uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify and work with core feelings that shape relationship patterns and intimacy concerns. EFT helps people notice emotional experiences and use them to guide changes in how they connect and respond.He also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on clarifying values and taking committed actions even when difficult emotions arise. ACT can be useful for anxiety, avoidance, and building a life guided by what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot unhelpful thinking and teach concrete skills for reducing panic, managing cravings, and easing depressive thinking.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Laurence will listen to your goals, try methods that match your needs, and adjust the plan as you go. He aims to blend emotional exploration with practical strategies so sessions feel useful from the start.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which let people fit therapy around work and family life. Video sessions allow more in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and messaging can support brief check-ins or ongoing reminders. These formats make it easier to stay consistent with therapy and keep progress moving forward.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Laurence commonly address?
He helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and depression. Additional focus areas include communication problems, control issues, obsessions and compulsions, panic, phobias, and sexual or substance-related concerns.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He works in a person-centered way and uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside approaches such as CBT, ACT, and DBT. Sessions emphasize listening, practical skills, and emotional understanding.
How much clinical experience does he have?
Laurence has 40 years of professional experience working in mental health settings. That background informs his practical and paced approach to care.
Where is he licensed and practicing?
He holds an LCSW license in New Jersey and provides services based on that licensure. Sessions are arranged from his New Jersey practice.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are sessions available to international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered online?
Laurence provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options allow different rhythms of contact from longer video work to shorter text check-ins.
How are fees and getting started handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a cancellable subscription model. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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