About Lauren
Lauren Bunting is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri who centers therapy on understanding each person's experience. She creates a warm, collaborative space where people can be heard and begin to make practical changes. Lauren focuses on clear goals and works alongside clients to build stronger coping skills and better communication.
Lauren brings ten years of experience to her counseling work. That background includes a range of settings helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges.
How Lauren works
She also supports those dealing with family strains, self-esteem concerns, mood disorders, panic attacks, and self-harm thoughts. Her style blends client-centered work with structured techniques. Lauren uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and Solution-Focused Therapy to set achievable short-term goals. In sessions she prioritizes practical strategies. Clients practice communication skills and learn tools to reduce panic and manage daily stress.
Therapy moves at a pace set by the person seeking help, with clear steps to track progress. Lauren aims to help people strengthen relationships and feel more grounded in their daily lives. She collaborates on goals that align with each person’s values.
Over time, clients work toward more steady mood, better coping, and clearer ways to handle conflict and attachment concerns.
Lauren lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Lauren works with
The areas below are the ones Lauren selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
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Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
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Online support options
How therapy approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding the person first and letting their goals guide sessions. In practice this means the therapist listens, reflects, and supports a person as they decide what change looks like. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to reduce anxiety and low mood. It often involves short exercises and between-session practice to build new habits.Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist will work with the client to decide whether a more skills-based plan like CBT or DBT techniques, or an open client-centered path, fits best. That collaborative process includes checking goals, preferences, and what feels manageable for the person seeking help.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter voice-only check-in is preferred. Live chat and text messaging make brief check-ins and ongoing support possible between longer appointments. These options help people fit therapy into work, school, or family schedules and continue treatment without travel.
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