About Lauren
Lauren Daoust is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who aims to make the first step feel manageable. She meets people where they are and offers steady, calm support for stress, anxiety, grief, and life changes. Her tone is practical and compassionate, with a focus on small, useful steps rather than jargon-filled sessions.
Lauren draws on six years as a therapist and prior hospice and hospital social work experience. That background shaped how she listens for both emotional and physical signs of distress.
How Lauren works
Sessions focus on noticing patterns, building routine skills, and strengthening what already works in a person's life. Her style blends talking, reflection, and hands-on techniques. She uses approaches like acceptance and commitment concepts, attachment-informed perspective, and cognitive behavioral tools to address thoughts, behaviors, and relationships.
Mindfulness practices and client-centered conversation are also part of the work when they fit the person's needs. People can expect a collaborative pace. The first meeting is meant to be low pressure and practical - a chance to share what’s most urgent and decide next steps together.
Lauren aims to leave people with one or two clear ideas to try between sessions. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules. She practices in Wisconsin and conducts sessions in English.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step connect someone to her practice.
Lauren lists 9 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
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Wisconsin |
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Online support options
How Lauren’s approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, and then take small actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and finding direction during life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and trust, and it supports building healthier ways to relate and feel supported. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and trying practical experiments to change them, which can ease anxiety, mood problems, and sleep difficulties.Figuring out the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and what’s happening in their life. Adjustments are routine - plans evolve as progress and challenges appear.
Online sessions offer real flexibility. Video calls let people keep face-to-face contact without travel. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera is not desired. Live chat and text-based messaging are handy for brief check-ins, notes between sessions, or when a shorter, written format fits someone’s schedule. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy days while keeping momentum between visits.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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