- 25 years experience
- Practical coping skills
- Focus on self esteem
About Lauren
Lauren Hales is a licensed mental health counselor who draws on 25 years of experience to help people regain balance and confidence. She meets people where they are and focuses on building practical skills. Her approach is down-to-earth and aimed at making change feel possible. Lauren uses clear techniques to address stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and self esteem struggles.
Her work brings together several approaches so sessions can be tailored to each person’s needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to notice and shift unhelpful thought patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand and work with strong feelings. Attachment-based ideas guide conversations about how early relationships shape current responses.
Lauren has worked in both hospitals and independent practice and has followed advances in how brains form habits and process trauma. That background informs practical tools she teaches, like coping skills, emotion regulation strategies, and small behavior changes that add up over time. She also incorporates mindfulness and movement when helpful.
In sessions she aims to listen first, then introduce techniques people can try between meetings. Common concerns she addresses include depression, bipolar mood concerns, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationships, parenting stress, sleep and eating issues, anger, and career anxiety. She also helps with problems like isolation, impulsivity, dissociation, and self-harm thoughts.
Lauren encourages hopeful, manageable steps rather than big leaps. She frames progress as learning and practice, not perfection. If someone wants to explore building self esteem or reducing anxiety, she offers a steady, skills-focused partnership to help them move forward.
Her work brings together several approaches so sessions can be tailored to each person’s needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to notice and shift unhelpful thought patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand and work with strong feelings. Attachment-based ideas guide conversations about how early relationships shape current responses.
Lauren has worked in both hospitals and independent practice and has followed advances in how brains form habits and process trauma. That background informs practical tools she teaches, like coping skills, emotion regulation strategies, and small behavior changes that add up over time. She also incorporates mindfulness and movement when helpful.
In sessions she aims to listen first, then introduce techniques people can try between meetings. Common concerns she addresses include depression, bipolar mood concerns, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationships, parenting stress, sleep and eating issues, anger, and career anxiety. She also helps with problems like isolation, impulsivity, dissociation, and self-harm thoughts.
Lauren encourages hopeful, manageable steps rather than big leaps. She frames progress as learning and practice, not perfection. If someone wants to explore building self esteem or reducing anxiety, she offers a steady, skills-focused partnership to help them move forward.