About Lauren
Lauren Daoust is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who aims to help people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or life changes. She meets clients where they are and focuses on practical next steps. Her style is calm and direct, and she offers steady support while clients find what helps them most.
Lauren draws on six years as a therapist and a longer history in hospice and hospital social work.
Background and approach
That background shaped how she notices both emotional and physical signs of distress. She pays attention to how problems show up in daily life and looks for small, usable changes people can try. Sessions are collaborative.
Lauren listens first, then helps identify priorities and simple tools to manage symptoms like sleeplessness, anger, or low mood. She uses approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and acceptance-based ideas to help people shift unhelpful thoughts and stay connected to their values. Many clients bring relationship strain, caregiving stress, or trauma and abuse histories.
Lauren also supports people dealing with chronic illness, body image concerns, postpartum challenges, and end-of-life worries. She meets people with compassion and practical focus, not judgment. Therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Lauren is based in Wisconsin and works in English. To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session that fits their needs.
How online sessions use practical therapies
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while taking steps that match their values. It can help when avoidance or worry gets in the way of living the life someone wants. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, behaviors, and habits to find small, testable changes that often reduce symptoms like anxiety, low mood, and sleep problems. Mindfulness Therapy teaches skills to pay attention to the present moment and respond more calmly to stress and intense emotions.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work with the person to figure out which combination of ACT, CBT, mindfulness, or attachment-based ideas fits best. That choice is guided by the client's goals, day-to-day needs, and what feels most helpful in sessions.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to use. Video works well for in-depth conversations and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text are helpful for quick reflections, brief coaching between sessions, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options aim to make it simpler to access consistent support around work, family, and other commitments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English