About Lauren
Lauren Vernaglia is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Connecticut. She has 22 years of experience and focuses on common struggles like stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, mood concerns, self-esteem, and issues around eating and motivation. She aims to meet people where they are and offer steady support as they consider change.
In sessions she listens first, then works with each person to build a plan that fits their life.
Background and approach
Conversations are practical and straightforward. Goals might include managing overwhelming thoughts, improving sleep, or finding safer ways to cope with strong emotions. Her approach adapts to each person’s needs rather than following one fixed method.
She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every conversation. People can expect a calm presence and clear steps to try between sessions. Lauren also helps people dealing with relationship strains, grief, career stress, and compassion fatigue.
She supports those facing attention challenges and bipolar mood swings by focusing on coping strategies and daily routines that reduce distress. Sessions are offered through multiple online formats and by phone, which can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps connect people with an appropriate plan and appointment time.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Lauren uses evidence-based techniques focused on practical coping and emotional regulation. One approach emphasizes skills for managing anxiety and stress through breathing, grounding, and gradual exposure to feared situations. This helps when worry or avoidance gets in the way of daily life.Another set of methods centers on building routines and problem-solving to address mood, sleep, eating patterns, and motivation. These strategies break larger problems into small, doable steps and track progress over time.
Deciding which approach to use is collaborative. The therapist will talk through your goals and preferences, try techniques together, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Finding the right mix of methods is part of the early work.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and messaging let people share thoughts between calls and fit therapy into busy schedules. These options make it easier to attend regularly and keep therapy consistent with daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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