About Lauren
Lauren Scogin is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on somatic-informed care and practical support for life changes. She uses a down-to-earth style to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and career or relationship shifts. Lauren holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and brings 15 years of clinical experience to her work in Vermont.
Before moving to the Green Mountains, she spent time working on the New England Seacoast and holds licenses in Vermont and Maine (VT LICSW 089.0134541, ME LCSW LC15569).
Background and approach
She also has five years of experience as a nursing home administrator, which added skills in healthcare leadership and organizing services for older adults. Lauren helps people facing grief, loss, and end-of-life concerns including hospice and caregiving stress. She also supports those dealing with postpartum depression, mood disorders, and trauma-related symptoms.
Her background includes helping people cope with divorce, attachment issues, career transitions, and life purpose questions. Her approach blends body-centered techniques with client-centered and emotionally-focused methods. She uses mindfulness and narrative work to help people notice what is happening in their bodies and stories.
Sessions aim to make emotions clearer and practical next steps easier to try. Lauren designs an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be talked through. She also offers coaching-style support for professionals looking for clearer direction.
Taking the first step can feel hard, and she encourages people who are ready to begin the process.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Somatic therapy pays attention to bodily sensations and how feelings show up in the body. It can help people notice tension, grounding, or nervous system responses and use simple body-based practices to reduce overwhelm. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person without judgment. It helps people feel heard and decide what matters most to them. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at emotions in close relationships and personal experience to help people name feelings and shift patterns that feel stuck.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals and preferences and try methods that fit. That process is collaborative and can change over time as new needs emerge.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. These options let people meet from home, fit sessions around work or caregiving, and use different formats for check-ins or deeper work. The variety of formats supports ongoing care in ways that match each person's life and schedule.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts
- Languages
- English