About Lauren
Lauren Ripley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who brings a direct, relatable style to therapy. She keeps work straightforward and human, using plain language and a positive tone to help people make practical changes. Lauren recognizes the courage it takes to seek help and celebrates small steps toward healing.
She trained at Stephen F. Austin State University where she earned a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2016.
Background and approach
Since then she has practiced for seven years across college counseling centers, rehabilitation programs for substance use, and independent practice in Missouri. That experience shaped her ability to support people facing grief, depression, anxiety, ADHD, addiction, and relationship concerns. In session she favors a flexible, multi-approach stance.
Lauren often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered approaches to match practical skills with a person’s values. She focuses on clear, honest conversation and helps clients notice strengths they can use between sessions. Lauren also works with issues related to trauma, family conflict, sexuality and LGBTQ concerns, stress, and caregiver fatigue.
She listens for patterns such as attachment struggles, codependency, or communication problems and then offers down-to-earth strategies to change them. Clients can expect collaborative, straightforward care that blends insight with action. Lauren aims to make therapy feel manageable by using humor and empathy while staying focused on the goals the client brings to the room.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Lauren often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients notice their values and take small committed actions toward them. ACT focuses on living a meaningful life even when uncomfortable thoughts or feelings are present and can help with anxiety, depression, and motivation challenges.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and to teach practical skills for managing mood, stress, and ADHD-related difficulties. CBT offers concrete tools people can practice between sessions to reduce worry and improve focus.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and daily life. Together they will try strategies, check what helps, and adjust the plan as needed.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow for face-to-face conversation and deeper exploration, while phone calls can be easier when bandwidth or quiet time is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, practicing skills, or getting support between longer sessions. These formats add flexibility so therapy can fit around work, caregiving, or other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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