About Lauren
Lauren Ripley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri with seven years of experience. She greets people with a direct, down-to-earth manner and encourages small steps toward change. Lauren aims to make therapy feel like a practical conversation rather than a lecture.
She values honesty, warmth, and moments of levity to help difficult work feel manageable. Lauren earned a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2016 from Stephen F.
Background and approach
Austin State University. She has worked in college counseling centers, rehabilitation settings for drug and alcohol use, and independent practice. Those roles involved helping people with depression, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and relationship struggles among other concerns.
Her style blends straightforward feedback with validation. Sessions often focus on identifying strengths and building on them. She uses practical tools and conversation to help people cope with grief, stress, self-esteem problems, and life transitions.
Lauren uses several therapeutic approaches when they fit a person’s needs, including cognitive-behavioral ideas, acceptance and commitment perspectives, and emotionally-focused work. She prioritizes collaboration and helps people choose techniques that match their goals. She also brings experience supporting people dealing with ADHD, eating concerns, intimacy issues, compassion fatigue, and challenges related to gender and sexuality.
Lauren aims to create a space where people can talk through tough topics and leave with clear next steps.
How Lauren’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts without getting stuck in them and decide what matters most. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and issues where avoidance gets in the way. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns, which often helps with anxiety and depression. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on experiences in relationships and on expressing and naming emotions to improve connection and reduce distress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Lauren will discuss these methods and help determine which fits a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. That decision is collaborative and can change over time as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone wants a simpler check-in. Live chat and text messaging offer shorter exchanges and flexible check-ins between longer sessions. These options make scheduling easier and let people choose what suits their daily life and comfort.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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