About Lauren
Lauren Gusman is an Ohio licensed professional counselor with 10 years of experience. She focuses on anxiety, stress, depression, anger, addictions, and self-esteem concerns. Lauren works with parents and young adults on parenting issues and family problems.
She emphasizes a respectful, straightforward approach and supports people who are ready to make changes. Lauren believes people know their own stories and brings that perspective into sessions. She listens first, then helps clients identify practical steps that fit their lives.
Background and approach
Sessions are geared toward small, achievable goals rather than long lists of tasks. Her work often includes skill building for managing anxiety and mood. She uses techniques that help people recognize unhelpful thoughts and try different responses.
Mindfulness exercises and short goal-focused strategies are commonly part of the sessions. Clients can expect clear, concrete suggestions and space to talk through what matters to them. Lauren helps parents address child behavior and the stresses that come with raising kids.
She also supports people dealing with grief, trauma, gender dysphoria, seasonal mood shifts, and identity concerns. Lauren’s practice aims to combine practical tools with steady support. She helps people tackle communication problems, dissociation, self-harm concerns, and relationship stress.
Her goal is to make therapy feel usable in day-to-day life and to help clients practice new skills between sessions.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
CBT helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In online sessions this often looks like identifying specific thinking patterns, testing them, and practicing new responses between meetings. It’s useful for anxiety, depression, and anger concerns.Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity. Online meetings can include guided exercises and short practices clients use during the week to manage stress and seasonal mood shifts. This approach supports grounding during distress and helps with emotion regulation.
Solution-Focused Therapy centers on small, practical steps toward clear goals. Sessions focus on what is already working and build tiny experiments clients can try right away. That makes progress easy to track in video, phone, or text check-ins.
Finding the right fit is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about needs and preferences, try a method, and adjust based on what helps. Clients are invited to share their goals and give feedback so the plan can change over time.
Online formats offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls work well for deeper conversations and practicing skills face-to-face. Phone sessions can fit a short break at work and require less bandwidth. Live chat or text-based messaging support brief check-ins, homework prompts, and stepping through tools between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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