Practitioner record · Checked 8 Nov 2026
Laurie Snyder has been in practice 40 years and is licensed in Pennsylvania. Laurie lists relationship issues, trauma and abuse and grief among 25 subjects on the BetterHelp roster.
Everything below is either quoted from Laurie's own BetterHelp listing, taken from public licensing records, or written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such. Nothing here is an availability promise, a review, or a rating.
01 · Who Laurie works with
Laurie lists 5 specialisms and 20 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects Laurie chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.
02 · In Laurie's own words
Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.
I am licensed in New Jersey and Pennsylvania with 40 years of professional work experience. I believe in collaborating with others to work with their innate drive to heal and expand, trusting higher self guidance and empowering others in their journey. I offer support in understanding your unique life lessons to help you reach your highest expression of yourself.
I am trained in cognitive psychodynamic therapy as well as energy psychology and utilize tapping/EFT, meditation and centering to support others to neutralize intense emotions, either from past trauma or present stress, promoting healthy emotion regulation and integration/wholeness to become your best self. I love to support others in relationship conflict to promote communication that fosters deeper closeness and peace, creating an understanding of how to work with emotional triggers and how to speak to others with clear personal ownership to obtain the support you are seeking relationally. Accomplishing this involves learning to restructure old relational blueprints to support success and emotional safety in intimate relating.
I also enjoy helping others risk change to feel worthy and deserving to have more in their lives, creating intentions they are desiring to manifest, while addressing obstacles such as false beliefs that hinder this growth. I have a deep interest in spiritual teachings understanding that others often mirror our issues seeking growth, and work to enhance present moment awareness and non-attachment to outcomes to support moving with a divine plan in the flow of life, even in times of significant challenge learning to access the gifts embedded in these challenges. I am passionate about guiding others to increase their sense of self trust and confidence, while assisting clients to shift and reframe negative thinking to higher levels of thought that inspire growth and prompt release from fears that hold us back. It is my absolute privilege to witness and aid another in their personal journey.
Laurie Snyder, on the BetterHelp listing · read 8 Nov 2026
03 · What happens next
Laurie practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of Laurie's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.
BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking Laurie at this point.
BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Laurie is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to Laurie.
You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.
A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.
Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.
04 · Before you commit
Built from what Laurie actually lists, so they are answerable and specific rather than generic. Maker Therapy's, not Laurie's - Laurie has not seen them and is under no obligation to answer any of them.
“How do you decide when someone is ready to work on a traumatic memory itself?”
Pacing is the biggest safety question in trauma work. A clear, unhurried answer here matters more than any credential.
“With 40 years in, what has changed most in how you work?”
Long experience is only an advantage if it has been examined. This tends to surface whether it has.
“How do you handle the gap between sessions if something comes up?”
On BetterHelp this varies a great deal by therapist. Better to know the rhythm now than to discover it on a bad week.
05 · Practical details
06 · Provenance
Laurie's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 8 Nov 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.
The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.
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