Laurie A. Wender

When things have gotten hard enough that someone finally picks up the phone, Laurie A. Wender is the kind of therapist they hope to find on the other end. For more than four decades in private practice, she has worked with individuals, couples, and families who are carrying the weight of conflict, loss, disconnection, or simply the quiet feeling that life could be warmer than it is — and she helps them build something better.

Her approach is active and engaged, not a passive listening exercise. She works with children, adults, and elderly clients on concerns ranging from anxiety, depression, and adjustment difficulties to marriage strain, coparenting tension, and family conflict. When a couple’s disagreements have migrated into their text threads — short messages that land wrong and spiral before anyone can sit down and talk — she helps them find their way back to something more direct and more kind.

What Laurie brings to that work is a consistent focus on practical skills: the tools people need to show up in their relationships with more confidence, more patience, and genuine affection. Her goal is not just to resolve what’s broken, but to help people build connections that are actually enjoyable to live inside.