all about Lauren
Hi, I’m Lauren and I believe we all deserve meaningful connection, safety, and fulfillment in our lives. It can feel challenging to know how to transform old ways of being and move towards the life we want. As a therapist who works with trauma, I utilize the innate wisdom of your body to foster healing and help you reconnect to your most authentic self.
While this work can be incredibly meaningful, feeling into our emotional landscape can sometimes be vulnerable and unfamiliar. I understand and I’m here to collaborate with you and support you every step of the way. I strive to stay emotionally attuned to your experience, not overwhelm, and go at a pace that feels right for you. You are the expert on your life, and I prioritize connecting you with the depth of your own strengths, intuition, and wisdom.
Ever since I can remember, I’ve searched for ways to alleviate human suffering, undo aloneness, and foster a deeper sense of wholeness. I’ve found my home in this work and it’s a privilege to walk alongside my clients as they move towards greater healing and experience relief.
how I work
As people, much of our wounding happens in relationship and therefore must heal in relationship — this is the foundation of how I approach therapy. It’s important to me to cultivate a space that allows you to show up just as you are, authentically human. I respect you as a whole, complex person.
I practice therapy holistically and experientially – I believe in the importance of understanding a person in the context of their early life experiences, family, relationships, identity, spiritual practices, culture, and society. I believe in incorporating the whole you – including the body – into your healing. This means using experiential practices like Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, EMDR, IFS-informed or parts work therapy, and mindfulness-based practices. I’ve taken comprehensive training in the treatment of trauma, rooted in advances in neuroscience and attachment, and continue to study with specialized trauma clinicians. I practice with an anti-oppressive lens and am committed to doing my own continued learning both as a therapist and as a person.
I bring warmth and care to each session, prioritizing safety that allows for mindful exploration to emerge. When we are able to slow down and cultivate gentle curiosity about our experience, we are given the opportunity to be with our pain in a new way — a way often filled with more insight, compassion, agency, and empowerment. Together we’ll help you understand your reactions, develop internal resources, gently process difficult memories, and move towards greater wellbeing.
I understand the sacredness of working with deep pain – I don’t believe in pathologizing people, I’m curious about “what happened to you” not “what’s wrong with you.” I feel incredibly grateful to witness my clients coming home to themselves in the present, the self that never left.
Professional Training & Credentials
Education + Trainings
- The Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy (ICP) Two-Year Integrated Trauma Studies Program (ongoing) – ICP, New York
- MSW, Master of Social Work – New York University, New York
- BA, Psychology – Boston University, MA
Certifications
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level 1 (ongoing) – Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
- EMDR Therapy Trained – EMDR Center of the Rockies, EMDRIA-Approved
- Certified Level 1 instructor of Compassion-Based Resilience training – Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) – Mindful Leader
“You helped me so much and you’re going to help so many people. I’m excited for them. I really mean that."
- former client
“I didn’t know therapy could be this helpful before I started working with lauren."
- former client
“lauren made me feel comfortable and understood. I was able to tell you things I’ve never told another" therapist.”
- former client
A strong curiosity about the human experience deepened by meaningful personal experiences of healing.
What inspired me to become a therapist
Watching a good comedy show on TV, reading books about trauma therapy, watching or performing theater, saying hi to my neighborhood friends/their dogs in my local park.
When I’m not in the therapist chair, you can probably find me:
Music, being in or near water, gently checking in with myself.
Three things that keep me grounded:
Beyond the Credentials
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