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Something is holding you back. Low self-esteem, uncertainty, and self-doubt are ruining your relationships. It feels like you’re not good enough for others, always putting them first and forgetting about yourself. You’re not alone.
So many people just like you feel like they’re pretending to be someone else just to keep the world around them together, only to end up feeling exhausted and disconnected from their true selves.
As a therapist who specializes in working with women and couples, I understand you deeply.
Whether it’s anxiety, trauma, depression, sleep disorders, or relationship concerns, my goal is to help you navigate these issues in a safe and supportive environment.
Through a collaborative effort, I’ll get to know the specific challenges you face along with your best hopes. Drawing from my toolbox of evidence based therapies, we will work towards your goals together using a transparent process.
My experience is that clients are able to find relief even when they are facing avoided emotions; because they are being authentic and simultaneously feeling supported, validated, and cared for.
Working with Lauren was an incredibly positive experience! She expresses empathy and compassion in each session which allows for her clients to really feel seen. Her supportive approach made it easy to be open about experiences that normally are not easy to share.
She worked with me to decide our direction for each session and paid great attention to what I was feeling throughout. She was so great it has made it difficult to find a new therapist after moving states!
My Beliefs & Values:
I value an empathetic, down-to-earth attitude, treating you as an equal partner in the therapeutic process.
I believe you are the expert on your own life. You have lived through and coped with experiences that have brought you where you are today. Therapy is an opportunity to look inwards, increase acceptance and consider change.
I’ve always had an empathetic nature and an analytical mind.
For me, combining those qualities to help others is deeply fulfilling. For a while, I considered a career in law, but after spending some time working in a law firm, I realized that helping others through therapy and counseling better represented my values.
Even though I never pursued a law degree, I’m still grateful the perspective and strong ethical foundation my law firm experience provided.
Being a therapist is an incredible gift. I get the privilege of helping people through their most vulnerable moments, and it offers a profound understanding of the human experience.
Early in my therapy career I established a support group for students with unwanted sexual experiences and assault. This and other facilitative work led to continued education in evidence based trauma therapies.
Eventually, I found a strong link between the experience of trauma and the quality of one’s relationships, and that has been a key area of focus for me since.
My years of experience working with young to middle-aged women and couples helped me hone an evidence-based, adaptable approach to therapy.
My goal is that these steps seamlessly fall into the background of the rich experience of each session.
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