Specialties: Attachment Disorders in Children, Child Abuse, Female Survivors of Sexual Abuse, Play Therapy, Post-Traumatic Stress

Insurances: Independent Health, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Univera, Value Behavioral Health, Integra (C/Blue), Nova, Medicare, North American Administrators, Managed Health Network, Cigna, MCC Behavioral Care

Laura Benedict, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist who has been in private practice since 1992. Her areas of specialization include the treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder of Infancy and Childhood, Adjustment Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, and Major Depression. Her practice consists of sexually and/or physically abused children and adolescents, as well as women who were abused as children. Additionally, she works with divorced, adoptive and blended families, as well as conducting a general child and women's practice. In addition to private practice, she provides consultation/supervision services for Conners Children's Center. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Dr. Benedict received a B.A. in Psychology from the Colorado College in 1983, a M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Arizona State University in 1987, and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Arizona State University in 1990. Upon receiving her Ph.D., she worked for two years as a Staff Psychologist at the Kennedy Krieger Institute Family Center, In Baltimore Maryland. This grant-supported out-patient center is part of the Johns Hopkins Health Care System and provides treatment for Foster Care children and their families. Since moving to Buffalo in July, 1992, Dr. Benedict has been in private practice.