About Lauren
Lauren Christensen is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) based in Utah. She draws on a decade of experience to help people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and low self-esteem. Her style is direct and respectful, and she focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions.
She uses several therapy approaches to match each person's needs, including cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance-based strategies. Sessions center on clear goals, habit changes, and real-world tools rather than abstract theory.
Background and approach
The aim is to reduce distress and increase the things that matter to the individual. Lauren pays attention to how relationships and attachment shape emotional life. She helps clients untangle patterns that affect intimacy, communication, and parenting.
She also addresses complex situations like grief, chronic illness, or career strain with focused, manageable plans. Work with her blends listening with skills practice. People learn ways to notice difficult thoughts, shift unhelpful actions, and build routines that support mood and motivation.
Progress is paced to what a person can try and maintain between sessions. She offers sessions in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps connect someone to scheduling options that fit their life.
How ACT, CBT, and attachment work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without letting them control actions. It focuses on values and small, committed steps toward a more meaningful life and is useful for anxiety, stress, and motivation problems.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It teaches practical skills to challenge unhelpful thoughts and build new habits, which can reduce anxiety and depression symptoms.
Attachment-Based Therapy examines how past relationship patterns shape current reactions. It can help with intimacy issues, communication problems, and parenting concerns by identifying patterns and trying new ways of relating.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and daily life. This shared process helps tailor exercises and pacing to what the client can realistically use.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and interactive exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or a quieter setup is needed. Live chat and messaging are useful for short check-ins, brief skills practice, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English
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