Therapist profile
Lauren Christensen, LCMHC
Utah
Licensed counselor - relationships and mood
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- Credentials
- LCMHC
- License
- LCMHC, Utah / 9355814-6004
- NPI
- 1639542608
- Experience
- 10 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Utah
About
- Codependency
- CBT and ACT
- Emotion regulation
About Lauren
Lauren Christensen is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in Utah with 10 years of experience. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and life transitions. The biography lists codependency as one of her focus areas, along with intimacy-related concerns and relationship struggles.
She uses straightforward talk and practical strategies in sessions. That can include approaches from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and practice small changes. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are offered for managing intense emotions and building moment-to-moment coping skills.
Attachment-based ideas guide conversations about how past relationships shape current needs. Client-centered methods mean sessions are driven by the person's concerns and pace. Lauren aims to help people set clearer boundaries, reduce people-pleasing habits, and regain a sense of personal direction.
Her background includes a decade of clinical work in Utah settings with a range of concerns such as grief, parenting stress, ADHD, chronic illness, and compassion fatigue. She lists additional focus areas including abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, body image, and dissociation.
Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a first session via the platform's online process.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches guide online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small, consistent actions toward them while learning to accept uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. It can help when anxiety, low mood, or avoidance keep someone stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns into concrete steps and experiments. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and worries that feed codependent habits. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship experiences shape current ways of relating and can help people understand patterns around closeness and boundaries.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and help decide what fits a person's goals and preferences. That choice happens collaboratively, and approaches can be adjusted as progress is made.
Confirm which session formats are offered before booking, since the original biography does not list specific formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into daily life, for example by avoiding travel time, allowing a shorter check-in on a busy day, or choosing a session type that uses less bandwidth. Licensed professionals and therapists commonly use these practical benefits to help sessions work around work, caregiving, and other responsibilities.
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Also works with
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Utah
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address related to relationships?
She works with people dealing with relationship difficulties, intimacy-related issues, codependency, and communication problems. These areas are part of her listed focus.
What is her therapy style like?
She combines client-centered conversation with practical methods from CBT, ACT, and DBT to help people notice patterns and try specific skills. Sessions focus on what the client wants to work on.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of professional experience working in clinical settings. That experience includes stress, anxiety, trauma, and mood concerns.
What credential and location does she hold?
She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) licensed in Utah. Her practice is based in Utah.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What formats are used for sessions?
Confirm current session options before booking, as the original profile does not list specific formats. The platform's booking flow provides the available choices.
How does billing and cost work?
Costs vary with location and sessions operate through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing is shown during the signup process.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the platform.
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 at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.