Works with
How Lauren works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LSCSW
- Licensed in
- Kansas
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Lauren
Lauren MacPherson is a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker with 16 years of experience. She focuses on practical ways to manage anger, stress, anxiety, and life changes. Lauren speaks plainly and helps people find tools that fit their day-to-day lives.
She uses approaches like client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness to help people notice patterns and try new responses. Sessions often include skill practice for handling strong emotions, brief problem-solving, and learning ways to slow down when stress feels overwhelming.
Background and approach
Lauren has worked with people coping with trauma, grief, compassion fatigue, and the strain of career or parenting pressures. She also supports those living with ADHD, mood challenges, or social anxiety who want clearer coping steps. Her background emphasizes steady, practical support rather than quick fixes.
People can expect straightforward conversation and collaborative planning in sessions. Lauren helps identify small changes that build over time, such as breathing practices, behavioral experiments, and communication techniques. She aims to make work you can try between sessions.
She practices in Kansas and offers sessions in English. Therapy is available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
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
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- LGBT
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- ADHD
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lauren lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapy approaches and online sessions work together
Lauren draws from client-centered therapy to place the person’s experience at the center of each session, listening carefully and shaping sessions around what matters most to the client. She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thinking and test small behavioral changes that reduce anger and anxiety.These approaches are described and tried together so clients and therapist can find the best fit. Lauren views this as a collaborative process - she will talk through options, try techniques, and adjust based on what helps you meet your goals and feels manageable in daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful for more in-depth work and skills practice, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat lets someone check in quickly, and text messaging supports brief check-ins or between-session reminders. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, school, and caregiving responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Lauren
What concerns does Lauren address?
She helps with anger, stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and related issues like self-esteem and career strain.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is straightforward and collaborative, using client-centered conversation plus practical tools from CBT and mindfulness.
How much experience does she have?
Lauren has 16 years of clinical experience working with people facing trauma, life changes, and mood concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a KS LSCSW - Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker practicing in Kansas.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different routines.
How does payment and cost work?
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?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time based on therapist availability.