About Lauren
Lauren Christensen is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) in Utah with ten years of experience. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem concerns. Lauren aims to make the first step easier by listening and offering clear next steps.
She uses a mix of approaches to fit each person's needs, including acceptance and commitment strategies, attachment-focused work, and cognitive-behavioral techniques. Sessions are oriented toward real-life changes - learning skills to manage difficult feelings, improve communication, and rebuild confidence.
How Lauren works
Lauren adapts language and pacing so conversations are easy to follow. Her work covers a wide range of life challenges. She supports people dealing with grief, intimacy-related struggles, parenting strain, anger, career transitions, and chronic health problems.
She also addresses concerns such as ADHD, bipolar mood issues, codependency, and attachment-related wounds like abandonment or adoption questions. Lauren places attention on practical skills alongside exploring patterns that shape relationships and self-image. That may look like practicing new ways to notice thoughts, trying behavioral changes between sessions, or building emotion regulation tools.
The goal is clearer choices and steadier coping. People who choose Lauren can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental tone and a plan tailored to their goals. She combines warmth with structured techniques so sessions move toward measurable results.
Lauren lists 14 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Utah |
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Online support options
How Lauren’s approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choosing actions that match personal values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by clarifying what matters and building small behavioral steps. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and trust. Online sessions can be used to identify patterns in relationships and practice new ways of relating in real time. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. It works well for anxiety, mood concerns, and coping with stress through structured exercises and between-session practice.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose approaches that fit goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs. That plan can be adjusted as progress is made so sessions stay useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls let therapists and clients work face to face for role play and teaching new skills. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option or useful when being on camera is tiring. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, written skill practice, and support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to use the format that feels most practical for each person.
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