LAURA MONTENEGRO, M.S.W.

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Laura Montenegro is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of New Jersey.  She received her Master's of Social Work from Rutgers University, with a focus  on Social Work Management. Laura also holds certificates in Aging and Gerontological Services, as well as Leadership Development. 

Laura has supported women and families experiencing trauma, physical abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder, helping them overcome these obstacles and achieve a sense of joy and contentment. She also enjoys working with adolescents as they navigate through this often confusing chapter of their lives. Laura further works with the LGBTQIA community.

In addition, Laura has vast experience providing couples and marriage counseling. Laura understands that marriages often reach challenging times and she strives to help her couples better understand each other, build more solid relationships, or ensure an amicable separation, should this be necessary. She engages with couples and families of all kinds and has been successful in bringing them together with a new level of  understanding, acceptance and solidification. 

In addition to her clinical work, Laura is a part-time lecturer at Rutgers School of Social Work, teaching Grief and Loss Across the Lifespan, a graduate level course. She is also involved in many community outreach programs, including the Interfaith Food Pantry, New Jersey Battered Women's Shelter, and Project ECHO with Robert Wood Johnson, where she focuses on endocrinology and the disease process for patients.

In 2018, Laura was proud to join the Board of Health for Mendham Borough.