Laura Rindlaub, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise
Individuals: Anxiety, Depression, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Dr. Rindlaub specializes in the evidence-based treatment of anxiety disorders, depression, and PTSD for young people ages 14-30. She has a passion for helping young people reduce symptoms of anxiety, stress, and depression, and navigate the challenges and opportunities of adolescence and emerging adulthood. This is an exciting time of life, and at the same time, the road is often bumpy! Dr. Rindlaub loves helping teens and young adults get back on the path to a life filled with vitality and meaning.
This could be a good fit if you (or your child) are struggling with:
- Excessive stress and anxiety
- Perfectionism
- Specific fears (such as bugs, vomiting, or starting conversations)
- Intrusive, obsessive thoughts and/or compulsive behaviors
- Recurring thoughts, memories, or dreams about something frightening you experienced
- Low mood
- Loss of interest in things you used to love
- Irritability
- Social isolation
- Adjusting to life changes (such as the transition to – or out of – college)
Parents of Children Ages 7+
Dr. Rindlaub also has extensive experience in parenting work, and aims to help parents better understand, connect with, and guide their children ages 7-30. She specializes in working with parents who are struggling to:
- Understand their child’s intense emotions
- Know how to support their child through anxiety or depression
- Define what they really value in parenting, and translating that into action
- Get “on the same page” with their partner in parenting
- Support the work their child is doing in their own therapy (Dr. Rindlaub welcomes collaboration with other providers)
- Manage their own emotions in various parenting contexts
- Parent their children with a balance of warmth AND high expectations
- Effectively encourage “good” behaviors, while simultaneously discouraging “unwanted” behaviors
What to Expect
Dr. Rindlaub’s therapy style has been described as warm, empathic, and solution-oriented. She knows that a strong, safe relationship between a clinician and a client is essential – but not sufficient on its own – for deep and lasting change to be possible. She strives to make an authentic connection with each and every client, from the very first phone call onward. Dr. Rindlaub also actively works to affirm clients of all backgrounds and identities, through a lens of antiracism and LGBTQ+ allyship.
Good treatment always begins with good assessment. After all, we cannot “solve” a problem without first understanding it thoroughly! Therefore, Dr. Rindlaub’s first task is always to assess her client’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, and share her findings with the client in a developmentally-appropriate way. This then allows her to teach skills and offer solutions that will truly address the problems at hand. Dr. Rindlaub also administers empirically validated symptom questionnaires regularly, to ensure that progress is indeed being made on the concerns that brought you to treatment.
For individual clients, Dr. Rindlaub utilizes cognitive and behavioral therapies including:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Exposure and Response Prevention for OCD (ERP)
- Prolonged Exposure therapy for PTSD (PE)
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents (IPT-A)
- Earlier in her career, Dr. Rindlaub developed a specialization in fully adherent Dialectical Behavior Therapy for adolescents and adults. While she no longer provides DBT, her nine years as a DBT therapist inform all of the work she does currently.
In her parenting work, Dr. Rindlaub relies on evidence-based strategies from:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
- Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFT)
- Parent Management Training (PMT)
- Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A)
About
Dr. Rindlaub is a clinical psychologist licensed in NJ and NY. She received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Wesleyan University in Connecticut, and her masters and doctoral degrees in Clinical Child Psychology from the University of Denver. While in Denver, Dr. Rindlaub trained with nationally renowned experts in the latest evidence-based treatments for psychological difficulties. She also published numerous scholarly articles in peer-reviewed psychology journals, presented at professional organizations including the American Psychological Association and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and helped to develop new treatments for youth and families experiencing trauma and poverty-related stress.
Dr. Rindlaub completed her predoctoral internship at Columbia University Irving Medical Center / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, where she conducted therapy in a variety of formats, including with individuals, families, groups, and parent-child dyads. Dr. Rindlaub then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Cognitive and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Lake Success, NY, developing an expertise in the treatment of emotional dysregulation and high-risk behaviors.
In her free time, Dr. Rindlaub enjoys reading fiction, cooking for friends, and hiking with her family and her dog.
Training
- Ph.D., Clinical Child Psychology, University of Denver
- Center for Cognitive and Dialectical Behavior Therapy, (Postdoctoral Fellowship)
- Behavioral Tech, Silver Hill Hospital (DBT Foundational Training)
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, (Clinical Internship)
- Children’s Hospital Colorado (Clinical Psychology Externship)
- B.A., Wesleyan University
Licenses: NJ# 35SI00578300 NY# 021820