Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Staten Island, NY

As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Staten Island, NY, I provide structured couples and individual therapy focused on emotional healing, communication improvement, and long-term relationship stability through evidence-based Imago and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist approaches.

(718) 852-2281

About Thomas Lawrence, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

My work focuses on creating a safe, structured, and non-judgmental space where clients feel heard and emotionally understood. The goal is to support couples in rebuilding trust and strengthening their emotional connection through guided communication. This approach encourages healthier interaction patterns and more meaningful emotional bonding.

Qualifications & Expertise: Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 40+ years of clinical experience, specialized in Imago Relationship Therapy, couples counseling, emotional healing, communication improvement, and long-term relationship transformation.

“I help couples use their love relationships to develop and maintain emotional safety and intimacy while working on their relationship issues. I help couples gain understanding of their relationship agendas stemming from unhealed childhood emotional wounds. Couples design caring behaviors (words, gestures, timing) for emotional healing. In counseling, I help couples to talk to each other one-at-a-time, many report feeling heard for the first time in their lives. Emotionally safe transactions lead couples toward greater fulfillment, intimacy (knowing and being known), trust, and friendship. Asking for specific caring behaviors is the responsibility of both partners. Couples sometimes experience infidelity and betrayal. This situation requires careful, deliberate work: (1) to uncover and identify unmet needs in the betrayer; (2) to design repetitive trust-building behaviors designed by the one betrayed. Emotionally safe transactions lead couples toward greater fulfillment, trust and friendship. Healing requires deliberate caring behaviors designed by both partners. An area of expertise is adult children of alcoholic parents and grandparents. I also provide premarital counseling.”

Specialties & Expertise

My online practice creates a safe space for personal growth. I build every session around your specific needs. Together, we work to build better habits and stronger bonds.

Areas of Expertise

My therapy covers alcohol use, anger management, depression, divorce, domestic abuse, and grief. Support also includes infidelity, parenting, veterans, premarital counseling, and adult children of alcoholics.

Adult Client Focus

Therapy is provided exclusively for adults. This online practice supports your deep personal growth. I focus heavily on long-term well-being and tackling your unique life challenges.

Treatment Approaches

Imago Relationship Therapy is the primary tool I use to help partners connect. My training also includes family systems, behavior modification, and emotionally focused therapy to heal past wounds.

Communities Served

An inclusive space is open to bisexual, gay, and lesbian-allied individuals. Everyone deserves a place to speak openly without fear. Your unique identity is always welcome by me.

Participants Served

Private online sessions are available for individual adults working on personal goals. I also guide couples to heal by teaching partners to talk one at a time so both finally feel heard.

Cultural / Ethnic Focus

Culturally sensitive care honors your specific background. Black and African American clients are warmly welcomed. I always respect your unique life experiences and values during my work.

Payment Information

Sessions cost $120 for both individuals and couples. Payments are accepted easily using Venmo, Zelle, or a check. I can also smoothly accommodate your out-of-network benefits.

Accepted Insurance Providers

Many common insurance plans help cover your care. My practice takes Aetna, Carelon, Cigna, Evernorth, EmblemHealth, GHI, Maritain, Optum, Oscar, Oxford, and UMR. Reach out to verify benefits.

Top Specialties

My online practice creates a safe space for personal growth. I build every session around your specific needs. Together, we work to build better habits and stronger bonds.

My Therapy Services

I provide structured therapy services to support emotional healing, better communication, and stronger relationships for individuals and couples.

Couple Therapy

You can strengthen communication, resolve ongoing conflicts, and rebuild emotional connection through structured therapy sessions. I help couples develop trust, empathy, and healthier relationship patterns that support long-term stability and intimacy.

Individual Therapy

I support individuals in understanding emotional challenges, relationship patterns, and personal struggles through guided therapy that builds self-awareness, emotional strength, clarity, and healthier ways of thinking, feeling, and responding.

Life Coach Therapy

You can develop clearer goals, a stronger mindset, and greater emotional balance through practical coaching strategies. I help clients strengthen confidence, improve decision-making, and create meaningful progress in their personal and professional lives.

Imago Relationship Therapy

Using Imago Therapy, couples learn to communicate more intentionally, understand underlying emotional triggers, and strengthen connection through empathy-based conversations. The process promotes trust, emotional safety, and lasting relationship growth.

Why Choose Me?

My approach combines decades of experience, structured therapy methods, and a strong focus on emotional healing to help couples rebuild stronger, healthier relationships.

40+ Experience: More than four decades of clinical experience helping couples navigate communication breakdowns, emotional disconnection, and recurring relationship challenges using established therapeutic approaches.
Confidential Care: A private and supportive environment encourages open communication and honest emotional expression. Complete confidentiality is maintained throughout all online therapy sessions.
Personalized Therapy: Every session is tailored to the unique dynamics, emotional needs, and communication challenges of each relationship, creating a more focused and effective therapeutic experience.
Proven Methods: I use evidence-based Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Imago techniques that focus on empathy, understanding, and long-term relationship transformation.

4 Steps Therapy Process of Thomas Lawrence, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

A structured therapeutic journey designed to improve communication, rebuild trust, and strengthen emotional connection step by step.

Initial Assessment

The process starts by understanding your relationship history, emotional concerns, and communication patterns. This helps create a clear therapeutic direction tailored to your specific needs.

Emotional Exploration

Deeper emotions, triggers, and unmet needs are gently uncovered during this stage. Both partners gain insight into what is really driving conflict and emotional distance.

Guided Intervention

Structured Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Imago-based techniques are used to improve communication and reduce emotional reactivity. This encourages healthier, more balanced responses between partners.

Healing Integration

New communication skills are practiced and applied in real-life situations. This strengthens trust, emotional safety, and long-term relationship stability.

(718) 852-2281

Testimonials

Thomas is a very caring professional who listens closely to me, and has brought many things about meto my attention. He helped me to see that, when I am anxious, I tend to become angry and critical, which had damaged by relationship with my husband, Because of this insight my relationship with my husband has begun to mend. I believe Thomas can be of significant help to individuals and couples who may benefit from his expertise. I recommend him to all.

Amy

Mr. Lawrence is a talented therapist who very much helped my husband and me to get to know one another more deeply. Thomas Lawrence led us through some exercises which helped each of us to be able to see what our individual unfinished emotional business from our childhoods is. Now we are able to work in such a way as to heal our childhood emotional wounds by telling one another what the caring and healing words and gestures are that we want. This has brought us a lot more satisfaction in our emotionally intimate moments together. As Mr. Lawrence has said: Intimacy in love relationships is “about knowing and being known.”

Kailee

Thomas Lawrence is a professional relationship counselor with many years of experience. I would recommend him to anyone who needs help in their couple relationships. He is very skilled in his way of getting couples to talk to each other one-at-a-time. He taught us how to do “mirroring” with each other to help us to feel accurately and completely heard by one another. He actually helped us to see what each of our “relationship agendas” are (formerly unconscious and unknown by us.) Our agendas can now be consciously and deliberately pursued by each of us, so that we are more fulfilled than ever before. Mr. Lawrence should be sought by all those who need constructive help in their marriages.

George and Lisabeth

We have seen Thomas in couple & family therapy for a number of years now, and he has helped us to sort out what is most important in terms of our family relationships. Our adult daughter has many unresolved issues (which she is only now beginning to address), and we are more prepared now to let her work on her own to bring resolution for herself in her own individual counseling. So we are now far less burdened in our need to intervened in her life, although we very much want to continue to try to help our precious grandson and grand daughter to separate themselves from their mother’s negative influences.

Julie and Dean

Contact Us

You can reach out to schedule confidential online therapy sessions. I offer professional support as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist for couples and individuals seeking emotional clarity, stronger communication, and lasting relationship healing. Contact me today to begin your journey toward trust, connection, and meaningful relationship transformation.

(718) 852-2281

FAQ's

What does an Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist do?

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist focuses on improving relationships by addressing communication issues, emotional patterns, and family or couple dynamics through structured therapy.

Are online sessions confidential?

Yes, all online sessions are completely confidential, secure, and designed to protect your privacy and emotional safety at all times.

How long does therapy take?

Duration depends on individual needs, but many clients notice improvement within a few consistent sessions of structured therapy.

Do you only work with couples?

No, I also work with individuals and families dealing with emotional challenges, communication issues, and personal growth needs.

What makes your therapy different?

My 40+ years of experience and structured Imago-based Thomas Lawrence, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist approach focus on deep emotional healing and lasting relationship transformation.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Staten Island, NY

About Thomas Lawrence, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Specialties & Expertise

My Therapy Services

Why Choose Me?

4 Steps Therapy Process of Thomas Lawrence, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Testimonials

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FAQ's

Areas We Serve