About Lauren
Lauren Christensen is a licensed mental health counselor in Utah. She brings ten years of clinical experience to work with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, low self-esteem, and motivation struggles. Lauren focuses on practical steps and clear conversations that make therapy feel doable.
She meets people where they are and respects each person’s pace and experience. Her background combines talk-based methods with body-focused awareness, because emotional distress often shows up in the body.
Background and approach
Lauren uses Somatic practices alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools to help people notice patterns and try new ways of responding. She also draws on Attachment-Based and client-centered approaches to build a trusting working relationship. Lauren has supported people through grief, parenting strain, work stress, and chronic health challenges.
She can help with relationship and intimacy concerns, communication problems, codependency, and the emotional effects of adoption or foster care experiences. Her practice includes work on anger, ADHD-related struggles, and complex mood conditions. Sessions are organized to match individual needs.
Lauren asks questions, listens closely, and helps clients develop practical skills they can use between meetings. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and adapts methods to each person’s goals. Licensure is listed as LCMHC, Utah license number 9355814-6004.
Therapy is offered in English and provided through a mix of video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging options.
How somatic and talk approaches work online
Somatic-informed work helps people notice how emotions show up in the body and learn simple ways to change those physical responses. In online sessions Lauren blends body awareness with gentle guidance so clients can practice noticing sensations and trying new responses between meetings.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small, meaningful steps even when difficult feelings are present. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by shifting attention toward what matters most. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to relationship patterns formed early in life and looks at how those patterns show up now, helping people improve communication and emotional safety in relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lauren collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility for busy lives or limited travel. These options let people continue consistent work from home, during a break at work, or when attending to caregiving responsibilities, while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- 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
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English