How Lauren works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCMHC
- Licensed in
- Utah
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Lauren
Lauren Christensen is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in Utah with ten years of experience. She focuses on clear, practical help for stress, anxiety, depression, anger, trauma, and related concerns. Lauren talks with people in a calm, direct way and adapts her approach to each person’s needs.
She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to help spot unhelpful thought patterns and build different reactions. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are part of her work for managing intense emotions and improving coping.
Background and approach
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps clients name values and take small steps toward them. Lauren brings attention to relationships and attachment, so discussions often include how past connections affect present behavior. She supports people dealing with grief, career stress, parenting strain, chronic illness, and situations tied to adoption or abandonment.
Anger and control issues are addressed with concrete strategies rather than vague advice. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. Lauren listens first, then offers tools, experiments, and homework people can try between sessions.
Progress is tracked through usable steps instead of long talks alone. She offers multiple online formats so people can choose what fits their life. Lauren aims to make therapy manageable for busy schedules and emotional upheaval, helping people build steadier routines and clearer next steps.
What Lauren works with
Everything Lauren lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Lauren's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lauren lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach-driven care delivered online
Lauren often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online work. ACT helps people notice what matters to them and take small, value-driven steps despite difficult thoughts or feelings. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and practicing different behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, or anger.She treats choosing an approach as a team effort. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, try techniques, and adjust plans based on what fits the person’s needs and preferences. That collaborative process helps find the blend of methods that feels most useful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging lets people reflect in writing between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving routines, or busy days while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady progress.
Questions people ask about Lauren
What kinds of concerns does Lauren help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, grief, parenting strain, career stress, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and related issues such as attachment and body image.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is conversational and practical. She listens, then offers skills, experiments, and small assignments to practice between sessions.
How much professional experience does she have?
She has ten years of experience working with people on emotional regulation, relationship patterns, trauma, and life transitions.
What credentials and region apply to this therapist?
She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) licensed in Utah.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the process for getting started?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling a session according to therapist availability.