About Lauren
Lauren Ripley is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Missouri who uses clear, down-to-earth methods to help people work through hard things. She keeps conversations straightforward and personal, and aims to make sessions feel like a calm place to sort out feelings and next steps.
She draws on several approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy, to tailor sessions to each person’s situation. Sessions often focus on building strengths, naming what matters, and trying small, practical changes between meetings.
How Lauren works
Ripley has seven years of experience across college counseling centers, rehabilitation settings for drug and alcohol use, and independent practice. That background means she has worked with concerns such as depression, addiction, anxiety, trauma, LGBTQ issues, and relationship and family conflicts. Her style is transparent and relatable.
She talks plainly, checks in about goals, and uses humor and positivity when appropriate. The work is collaborative - she listens, reflects, and offers tools people can use day to day. People come for many reasons, from managing grief and stress to exploring identity and intimacy-related issues.
She also addresses attachment, caregiver stress, body image, and co-occurring concerns. The focus is on practical progress and helping people feel more capable as they move forward.
Lauren lists 8 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
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Lauren Ripley uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as part of her online practice. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, so they can move toward what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at patterns of thinking and behavior to find small, practical changes that reduce distress.She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy when relationship or attachment concerns come up, helping people identify and name emotions and work toward clearer connection. Deciding which approach to use is a joint process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, and then try methods that fit those needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed, and chat or messaging can be shorter or asynchronous for busy schedules. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care, fit sessions around work or caregiving, and try different formats to see what works best.
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