About Lauren
Lauren MacPherson is a licensed social worker with 16 years of clinical experience. She uses a practical, down-to-earth style to help people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, and life changes. Lauren is based in Kansas and works in English as a Kansas LSCSW.
Her approach centers on clear goals and real skills people can use between sessions. She draws on client-centered methods to keep conversations focused on each person's values and needs.
How Lauren works
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and build different habits. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers tools for emotion regulation and coping when feelings feel overwhelming. Lauren also incorporates EMDR for people with trauma histories and mindfulness practices to support calmer attention.
She helps people struggling with depression, grief, compassion fatigue, anger, low self-esteem, or career uncertainty. Attention-related concerns such as ADHD and social anxiety are also within her focus. She pays attention to communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation, and questions about life purpose.
Lauren supports survivors of sexual assault and those processing natural or human-caused disasters. Her style is collaborative and straightforward, with a focus on practical steps. Clients can expect short-term problem-solving when appropriate and longer work for deeper issues such as post-traumatic stress.
Sessions aim to build skills, increase self-compassion, and clarify goals. The therapist frames progress as small, steady changes rather than sudden fixes.
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
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LSCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kansas |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's goals and values. In online sessions this means the therapist follows the client's lead, asks questions to clarify what matters, and tailors each plan to the person’s priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms and build new habits; online CBT uses worksheets, homework, and in-session practice to make change between meetings. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships, which can be practiced during phone or video check-ins and reinforced with brief messages. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your concerns, discuss options, and decide collaboratively which methods to try first. That choice can shift as needs and goals change over time. Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people work face-to-face when that helps. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier on low-bandwidth connections. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for short check-ins, skill reminders, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or other commitments while still using effective methods such as CBT, DBT, and client-centered care.Start online instead of waiting
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