Lauren Ricciardi has been practicing Psychotherapy in Brooklyn, NY for 12+ years.   Over the last 15 years, Lauren has worked in a variety of clinical settings.  These settings include an outpatient mental health clinic, a preschool, a residential treatment center for children, in-home play therapy programs for children diagnosed with Autism, a therapeutic foster boarding home program, a public elementary school counseling program, and a private school focused on working with children with Autism (DIR floortime).  

Lauren Ricciardi’s Group Practice offers the opportunity to receive Therapy from a wide variety of Therapists, all supervised by Lauren Ricciardi. These Therapists have been thoughtfully selected and they offer a similarly mindful, therapeutic style and intervention to clients.

All Therapists in Lauren Ricciardi’s Group Practice provide comprehensive, empathic treatment to clients across the lifespan: children, adolescents, teenagers, young adults and older adults.  All Group Practice Therapists embody an eclectic and holistic therapeutic approach, including intervention elements from strengths-based, DBT, CBT, mindfulness, EFT, solution focused, play, art, and yoga therapies.  Clinical support and treatment is provided to those experiencing symptoms related to Depression, Anxiety, OCD, PTSD, self-esteem issues, future/career planning, relationship issues, loss/grief, life stage transitions, gender identity expression/exploration, or developmental, intellectual, and learning disabilities.

All Therapists in Lauren Ricciardi’s Group Practice work closely and compassionately with their clients to identify their strengths and challenges, and spend time focusing their emotional energy towards growth, healing, and change.  They support clients with identifying, empowering, and guiding clients towards goals that will help them feel more emotionally positive, healthy, balanced, and regulated.

Lauren Ricciardi also provides Clinical Supervision services to Therapists who are in need of clinical support guiding clients within their own practice.  

Education & Training

Lauren Ricciardi received her undergraduate degree from Sarah Lawrence College.  In 2012, Lauren completed a Dual Master's Degree program, receiving a Master of Social Work from New York University and a Master of Developmental Psychology from Sarah Lawrence College. Lauren is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) within the State of New York and within the State of Connecticut.  In 2017, Lauren received a Certification in Yoga Instruction (CYI) from New Love City, a Vinyasa Flow yoga studio in Brooklyn, NY.  Lauren has received professional training in CBT, DBT, Play Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and yoga with children.  Most recently, Lauren became certified as a Reiki Master in the spring of 2021.

Portraits by Roxanne Ricciardi Bryant Photography

All other photography by Lauren Ricciardi