Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Lauren works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Nevada
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Lauren
Lauren Dusbabek is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on helping people manage strong emotions and rebuild calm in their lives. She uses practical, down-to-earth methods to address anger, stress, anxiety, and relationship strain. Lauren presents a warm, nonjudgmental presence so people feel safe to talk about hard things.
Over the past 15 years she has supported individuals facing trauma, grief, addiction concerns, and major life changes. She also helps people struggling with family of origin issues, blended family challenges, and communication or control problems.
Background and approach
Her work includes attention to intimacy matters, parenting strain, and career-related stress. Lauren blends approaches to suit each person. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at patterns in close relationships.
She uses cognitive behavioral tools to spot and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also integrates emotionally focused work and EMDR for people processing traumatic memories. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented.
People can expect concrete strategies, skills to manage strong feelings, and space to tell their story. Lauren emphasizes collaboration - she and the person decide what to try next. She practices in Nevada and offers care in English.
Her style is steady and practical, aimed at helping people find clearer choices and better ways to cope with everyday pressure and big disruptions.
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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Lauren lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Solution-Focused 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.
Using focused approaches in online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at how patterns from past relationships affect current feelings and behaviors; it helps people understand why they react strongly in close relationships and learn different ways to connect. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments and skills to reduce anxiety, anger, and depressive patterns. Emotionally-focused techniques help people tune into and name their feelings, which can ease relationship tension and guide changes in how they respond to conflict.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, what has helped before, and preferences. Together they will try methods that fit the issue and change course as needed so the work stays relevant and useful.
Online work is set up to be flexible and fit busy lives. Video calls let people work face-to-face without travel, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier during a short break, and live chat or text-based messaging allow quick check-ins or written reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to keep regular contact and practice new skills in day-to-day moments.
Questions people ask about Lauren
What kinds of concerns does Lauren address?
She helps people with anger, stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, intimacy problems, parenting strain, career stress, bipolar concerns, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic approach and style?
Her style is collaborative and conversational. She blends attachment-based, client-centered, cognitive behavioral, emotionally-focused, and EMDR-informed techniques to match each person's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of professional experience working with people on a range of emotional and relational challenges.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, licensed in Nevada and practices there.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled for therapy?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, fill out a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.