About Lauren
Lauren McCallister is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Virginia who brings seven years of outpatient therapy experience. She works with people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship struggles, and mood concerns. Her style is warm and interactive and she aims to create a respectful space for honest conversation.
Lauren uses several therapy approaches and adapts them to each person's needs. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help identify unhelpful thoughts and change patterns.
Background and approach
She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and mindfulness skills. Attachment-based ideas guide work on relationship patterns and connection. Jungian perspectives and expressive approaches can help people explore meaning, symbols, and deeper feelings when that fits their goals.
Lauren avoids labels and focuses on practical steps that feel useful to each person. Sessions emphasize clear goals and skills practice along with open dialogue. She encourages clients to say what works and what doesn’t so the plan can change.
That way therapy stays focused on real-life improvements and coping strategies. Lauren supports people dealing with career strain, compassion fatigue, addiction concerns, ADHD, and complex mood issues like bipolar disorder. She also helps with family problems, communication breakdowns, forgiveness work, and recovery after disruptive events.
Her aim is to meet people where they are and build workable tools for the next steps.
How these approaches work in online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early connections shape current relationships; online work uses conversation and reflection to notice patterns and practice different ways of connecting. Client-Centered Therapy centers the client's perspective, giving space for people to direct sessions while the therapist listens and reflects; it helps build trust and clarity about personal goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with practical exercises and homework that translate well to virtual sessions, such as thought records and behavior experiments.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. Expect regular check-ins so techniques are adjusted over time and the plan stays relevant to what is happening in daily life.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide brief, ongoing support between scheduled sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, and changing schedules while using the approaches that best support emotional change.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- 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
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English