Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Lauren works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New York
- Years in practice
- 23
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Lauren
Lauren Peffer is a licensed clinical social worker in New York with 23 years of practice. She offers steady, practical help for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anger, depression, or relationship strain. Lauren listens carefully and helps clients find clearer ways to cope and communicate.
She keeps sessions direct and down-to-earth. Conversations focus on everyday problems and workable steps. Lauren draws on tried methods like cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to help people change unhelpful patterns and manage strong emotions.
Background and approach
Lauren also works with people facing trauma, grief, addictions, and parenting pressures. She helps people sort through attachment and codependency issues, move past betrayal, and rebuild connection after separation or loss. Anger and control issues are addressed with skills aimed at reducing reactivity and restoring calm choices.
Her style is warm and interactive. Clients can expect respectful, practical guidance and a plan shaped to their needs. Sessions aim to boost communication, improve self-esteem, and build boundaries that protect wellbeing.
Lauren uses eye movement desensitization and reprocessing when trauma treatment is appropriate, and the Gottman Method when relationship skills are the focus. Over two decades of varied clinical work inform a flexible approach that emphasizes collaboration and steady progress.
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
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Lauren lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-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.
Online approaches that help manage strong emotions
Client-Centered Therapy is about being heard and respected. It focuses on the person’s experience and helps them feel understood while they work through problems like anger, low self-esteem, or relationship stress.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thinking and reduce anxiety, depression, and reactive behavior.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal skills. It is useful when strong emotions or impulsive reactions cause problems in daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and situation, adjusting strategies as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and interactive skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or getting tools between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue care from different locations.
Questions people ask about Lauren
What concerns does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, and relationship problems, including intimacy and communication issues.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is warm and interactive, with an emphasis on practical skills and clearer communication. Sessions focus on short-term coping and longer-term patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 23 years of clinical work in a range of settings to her practice.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW, licensed in New York.
Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.