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Lauren Christensen, LCMHC

Utah

LCMHC in Utah - Anxiety and Trauma focus

CBT focused techniques
ACT and DBT skills
Attachment work

About Lauren

Lauren Christensen is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in Utah with ten years of professional experience. She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, parenting strain, and related issues.

Her style is straightforward and practical. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), attachment-based work, client-centered approaches, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills. Sessions focus on noticing unhelpful thoughts and habits and trying different ways of responding.

Lauren works with people facing complex concerns such as bipolar mood challenges, ADHD, grief after loss, chronic illness, caregiving strain, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses attachment, adoption and foster care issues, abandonment, blended family stress, body image, and communication or commitment problems.

In a typical session she listens, helps clarify goals, and teaches concrete strategies that can be practiced between meetings. That might include behavior experiments, thought records, grounding and emotion-regulation skills, or values-based actions from ACT.

To get started clients use the site matching process to book a first appointment. Sessions take a direct, goal-focused approach and are meant to fit into everyday life while addressing what matters most now.

How CBT, ACT and attachment work in online sessions

Lauren uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify patterns of thinking and behavior and to try small experiments that can change how someone responds to stress and anxiety. CBT sessions often include brief exercises and homework to practice new responses between meetings.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice what matters to them and take small actions that align with those values, even alongside difficult feelings. Attachment-based work focuses on understanding relationship patterns and how early connections shape current ways of relating.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Lauren collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life, and she adjusts the plan as needs change.

Session formats are not listed in the supplied biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and avoid travel time. Many people find it helps them practice real-life skills between meetings and apply what they learn more quickly to everyday situations.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Trauma and abuse Self esteem Depression Coping with life changes

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCancerChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disorders Panic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobia Women's issues Workplace issues Young adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

10+ years

Listed in

Utah

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, self-esteem, grief, relationship and family concerns, parenting stress, anger, career worries, bipolar, ADHD, and related issues.

How would she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?

She uses CBT to help notice unhelpful thoughts and test different responses. Sessions include practical exercises and tracking patterns between meetings.

What is her clinical background?

She has ten years of professional experience working in mental health settings and community care before private practice.

What are her credentials and location?

She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) licensed in Utah.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the United States work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe, use the crisis numbers.

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