About Lauren
Lauren Prina is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with four years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are feeling stressed, anxious, depressed, or stuck in difficult relationships. Lauren listens with care and aims to make sessions feel practical and straightforward for busy people.
She offers support for trauma and abuse, grief, addiction concerns, and challenges with self-esteem and eating. Lauren also works with people navigating identity and LGBT concerns, mood fluctuations, attention challenges, and anger.
Background and approach
She adapts conversations and goals to match each person’s priorities. Lauren uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to shape a plan that fits a person’s situation. Sessions are a mix of talking, problem solving, and skills practice so people can try new ways of responding outside of sessions.
She explains options plainly and moves at a pace the client chooses. She aims to treat everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Lauren emphasizes practical steps that can reduce daily stress and improve communication.
The work is collaborative - she helps people set realistic goals and track changes over time. Clients can expect straightforward language, clear suggestions, and a focus on what matters now. Lauren supports people who want help managing anxiety, repairing strained relationships, or recovering from past hurts.
She encourages small, steady steps toward a more manageable life.
Approaches and online options for anxiety and relationships
Lauren uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach involves teaching coping skills and behavior changes to reduce anxiety and manage strong emotions; this helps people handle daily stress and improve mood. Another approach centers on relationship and communication work, helping people practice clearer ways to say what they need and respond to others without escalating conflict.Finding the best approach is something Lauren does together with the client. She starts by listening to what worries you most, then suggests options and adjusts methods based on your goals and how you respond. This collaborative process helps shape sessions that feel relevant and useful rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is good for full conversations and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging can be useful for brief check-ins or ongoing support between longer talks. These formats make scheduling easier and let people fit therapy into work, school, or family routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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