About Lauren
Lauren Spencer is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Colorado who blends talk-based therapy with body-focused practices. She draws on six years of clinical experience to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. Her work also addresses relationship and intimacy concerns, self-esteem, career shifts, and recovery from trauma and abuse.
She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Lauren also incorporates client-centered techniques that keep the conversation focused on each person's priorities.
Background and approach
Cognitive behavioral methods are used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors between sessions. In sessions she offers simple tools for calming the body alongside focused conversation. Those tools can include breath work, grounding techniques, or brief rituals that a person finds meaningful.
The goal is practical change that feels doable between appointments. Lauren also supports work around body image, codependency, communication problems, panic attacks, and navigating family of origin concerns. She designs programs that emphasize self-love, forgiveness, and reclaiming personal agency after hurt.
People who choose her often want a blend of practical strategies and reflective work on deeper patterns. She welcomes clients who want coaching-style support as well as those looking for traditional therapy. Sessions are delivered by multiple online formats to fit different schedules and needs.
Therapeutic approaches for online healing and growth
Lauren often uses attachment-based work to map how early relationships influence current reactions and connection patterns; this can help with trust, intimacy, and communication struggles. She also applies client-centered therapy, which means sessions are guided by the client's priorities and the therapist reflects and supports rather than directing the process. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioral experiments that reduce anxiety or depression.Finding the right mix is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose approaches that match their goals, comfort level, and daily life. This is a shared process that can change as needs evolve.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let someone share thoughts between appointments or fit support into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while juggling work, family, and travel.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English