Lauren Sletta, LPC

Lauren Sletta is an Oregon Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with seven years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, and issues related to trauma and abuse. She also works with clients around LGBT topics, social anxiety, and struggles with guilt and shame.

Lauren keeps sessions direct and practical. She listens to what is worrying the person and looks for patterns in thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Together they try small changes and notice what shifts. Sessions are straightforward and focus on what can be done between meetings.

Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and to build different ways of responding. She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape expectations and patterns. Client-centered techniques guide conversations so clients set pace and goals.

In practice Lauren blends structure with a conversational style. She may use skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and motivational interviewing when a practical tool fits the situation. Narrative therapy ideas can help people rewrite self-critical stories and make room for self-acceptance.

She describes the work as collaborative and goal-focused. Typical sessions look at specific problems, try concrete strategies, and set small homework tasks. People who want clear, step-by-step ways to change their thinking and habits tend to find this approach useful.

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