About Lauren
Lauren Goodman is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience. She practices in California and focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or low self-esteem. Lauren offers calm, respectful support while people talk through their concerns and decide on practical next steps.
Her work often centers on relationship strain and family problems. She helps clients untangle conflicts that affect daily life and parenting roles.
How Lauren works
She also supports people facing separation, divorce, and caregiving stress with down-to-earth guidance. Lauren has experience with mood disorders, panic attacks, and pregnancy-related mood challenges including postpartum depression. She also helps clients working through guilt, shame, self-harm thoughts, and issues around self-love and life purpose.
Autism and Asperger Syndrome are additional areas she understands when they affect functioning and relationships. Sessions are tailored to each person’s needs. Lauren listens first, then co-creates a plan that fits a person’s goals and situation.
She aims to build confidence and sustainable coping skills rather than quick fixes. People who choose her often want steady, practical help and an empathetic professional who responds without judgment. Lauren guides small steps toward clearer thinking, better routines, and healthier ways of relating to others.
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
Also listed
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How evidence-based techniques work online
Lauren uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear goals and practical strategies. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thinking and try new ways of responding; this is useful for anxiety, panic attacks, and low mood. Another approach emphasizes building routines and coping skills to manage stress, mood disorders, and caregiver strain; it focuses on small, manageable changes that add up over time.Choosing the right technique is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to each person's story, discuss goals, and suggest approaches to try. Together they will track what helps and adjust methods as needed so the work matches the client's needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when video is difficult, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and let people pick the communication style that feels most comfortable.
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