About Lauren
Lauren Turner is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who practices from North Carolina. She brings nine years of clinical experience to conversations about stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and relationship concerns. Lauren focuses on practical steps people can take now, not labels or judgment.
Her style is interactive and validating. Sessions aim to be welcoming and respectful while focusing on what the person wants to change.
Background and approach
Lauren listens first, then helps set realistic goals and small steps to reach them. She often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Mindfulness tools are introduced to help manage anxiety and strong emotions in the moment.
Motivational interviewing supports people who feel stuck and want to find internal reasons to change. Lauren adapts each plan to the individual. She takes a solution-focused, non-directive stance when that fits, and becomes more structured when a clear plan will help.
This flexibility allows her to address issues like parenting strain, grief, body image concerns, chronic pain, and workplace stress. Clients who have experienced trauma, abuse, or addiction receive attention to safety and pacing. Lauren works with people on intimacy-related issues, codependency, ADHD, bipolar and co-occurring conditions, and identity concerns including LGBT matters.
Her goal is to support realistic progress and to strengthen daily coping skills.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Lauren commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness therapy to help people manage anxiety and stress. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against reality, which can reduce worry and improve behavior. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to lessen overwhelm and build tolerance for strong feelings.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try short exercises, and adjust methods based on how helpful they feel. Together a plan is shaped around the client's needs, preferences, and pace.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a quick check-in during a break. Live chat or text messaging works for brief updates, focused problem-solving, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options help people keep momentum and use different ways of working as needs change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Ohio, North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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