Lauren Pauling is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has been working in the counseling field since 2008. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Millersville University in 2011, her Masters in Clinical Psychology from West Chester University in 2013, and her LPC license in 2016. Lauren has worked in almost every level of care, starting out her career as a therapeutic support staff, working as a behavioral specialist and mobile therapist, a school-based therapist, a therapist at an inpatient hospital and partial hospitalization program, and most recently an outpatient therapist. She has been an outpatient therapist for the past 5+ years and enjoys the 1:1 dynamic, getting to build rapport and having the opportunity to work towards meeting treatment goals. Lauren is trauma certified and has experience running a Women’s Trauma Group for the past few years, working with women over the age of 18 who have experienced trauma/painful experiences. Though, she has worked with all ages in an individual setting to address trauma/painful experiences. She also has experience in providing short-term counseling (EAP services).
Lauren's style is flexible to meet the client's personality and treatment needs. She is able to adapt effective interventions to meet the client where they are at. She is excellent at building rapport because she truly cares about the person seeking help and recognizes that that is not an easy step. She utilizes talk therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, mindfulness, distress tolerance skills, interpersonal relationship skills, communication and coping skill-building techniques, and psychoeducation. Lauren likes to focus on goal-setting, problem-solving, self-care and self-compassion as these components are crucial to successfully meeting treatment goals and having ongoing mental/cognitive/social/physical/emotional wellness.
Additional areas of focus: Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Grief, Parenting issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Compassion fatigue, ADHD
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Lauren is very easy to talk to and understanding. Just after one session, I already felt a lot better.
Written on Nov 02, 2020 after therapy with Lauren for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue