About Lauren
Lauren Dicair is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of experience. She speaks plainly and listens closely to help people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure about next steps. Lauren aims to make therapy approachable and practical so each session has clear takeaways.
Her style is warm and direct. She helps people notice patterns in thinking and behavior that fuel stress, anxiety, or low mood. Sessions focus on finding small, doable shifts that lead to steadier days and clearer choices.
How Lauren works
Lauren uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to help change unhelpful thoughts and build better daily habits. She also draws on existential and narrative ideas to support people who are questioning meaning, identity, or life direction. Motivational interviewing helps when someone feels stuck and wants encouragement to take different steps.
She works with adults facing a wide range of concerns including grief, depression, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, caregiving strain, chronic illness, and career stress. Additional focus areas include aging and geriatric issues, cancer, immigration and acculturation, seasonal affective disorder, and compassion fatigue. Based in Pennsylvania, Lauren offers flexible online formats that suit different schedules and needs.
Her goal is to help people build clearer coping strategies, steady their mood, and reconnect with what matters most.
Lauren lists 6 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.
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
Approaches that fit into your life
Lauren blends cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness therapy to offer practical tools for day-to-day life. CBT focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thoughts and habits so mood and stress respond to small, concrete shifts. Mindfulness therapy builds simple awareness skills so a person can notice emotions and choose responses rather than react automatically.She also uses existential and narrative ideas to help people facing questions about meaning, identity, or life direction. These approaches encourage reflection on values, storylines, and next steps rather than only symptom reduction. Together the methods give both hands-on strategies and space for deeper exploration.
Finding the right mix is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try different techniques, and adjust what isn’t working. Clients are invited to offer feedback so sessions match their needs and preferences over time.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation for deeper discussion, phone can fit into a short break or when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging supports quick check-ins or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or medical needs.
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