About Lauren
Lauren Greeley is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in California. She brings 18 years of experience to sessions and focuses on practical ways to ease stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. Lauren speaks English and Spanish and aims to meet people where they are.
She uses short, clear conversations to understand what matters most to each person. Sessions are tailored to real-life problems like sleep trouble, parenting strain, work stress, or managing anger.
How Lauren works
Lauren also addresses trauma, intimacy-related issues, ADHD, and feelings around identity and discrimination. Lauren draws on client-centered methods to build trust and help people feel heard. She pairs that with cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and change it.
Mindfulness and dialectical skills offer tools for emotional regulation and managing overwhelming moments. Her work includes practical coaching around goals such as career moves, money stress, and coping with major life changes. Lauren also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care topics, caregiver burnout, and end-of-life concerns.
Communication problems, codependency, and separation are included in her focus areas. People who choose Lauren often want straightforward guidance and skills they can use between sessions. She emphasizes collaboration, clear steps, and adjusting plans as needed.
Taking the first step can feel hard, and Lauren aims to make the process understandable and manageable.
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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Using practical approaches online to manage emotions and thoughts
Lauren often blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice patterns of thinking and try new responses. Client-centered work focuses on listening, reflecting, and shaping goals together. Cognitive behavioral techniques are brief, hands-on strategies for changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleep, and mood management.She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. These skills are useful when emotions feel intense or when relationships create ongoing stress. Deciding which approaches to use is a collaborative process - Lauren will talk with a person about goals and preferences, then adjust methods over time to find what works best.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for therapy-style conversations and teaching skills with visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow quick coaching, homework check-ins, or support between longer sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people use the format that fits their routines.
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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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