Our Team

Laura D. Hussey, LCSW-R

Co-Director | Long Island DBT Group

Laura Hussey is co-director of LI DBT Group where she provides individual and family therapy, in addition to running DBT skills groups. Ms. Hussey has extensive clinical experience treating PTSD, personality disorders, substance abuse, and mood disorders such as anxiety, depression, bipolar, and bulimia; specializing in the treatment of adolescents, adults, and families. After receiving her Masters of Social Work from the University of Michigan, Ms. Hussey was intensively trained in DBT by Behavioral Tech, LLC. She is DBT trained in substance abuse (DBT-S) and prolonged exposure (PE) protocol. In addition to DBT, she is certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and is a member of EMDRIA. Ms. Hussey provides EMDR to clients experiencing complex trauma, chronic invalidation, as well as PTSD. Throughout her work she incorporates her training in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to help clients build awareness in order to utilize strategies to change. Ms. Hussey is passionate about helping people regulate their emotional dysregulation through the use of DBT skills and EMDR, allowing one to not only heal from the situations in life that have prompted such distress, but truly have a life worth living.

Office: (516) 627-6201