About Lauren
Lauren Dicair is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps adults feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure where to turn. She writes plainly and listens closely to help people name what’s happening and take small, useful steps forward. Lauren focuses on practical change that fits daily life.
Her sessions are warm and direct. She helps people uncover patterns in their thoughts and behaviors that get in the way. Together they try out new perspectives and strategies to reduce stress, sleep better, or handle grief and loss.
Background and approach
Lauren draws on a few different approaches to tailor care to each person. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address thoughts and habits that keep problems going. She brings Existential therapy to questions about life purpose and meaning when someone feels adrift.
Mindfulness practices are used to calm racing thoughts and increase moment-to-moment awareness. Over 15 years of practice, Lauren has supported people through major life changes, chronic illness, caregiver strain, and the emotional fallout of immigration and acculturation. She also works with concerns like depression, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue.
Based in Pennsylvania, Lauren meets with people using video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Sessions are scheduled through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. She accepts international clients and conducts therapy in English.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Lauren often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different ways of thinking and acting. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and stress because it focuses on clear steps you can practice between sessions.She also uses Existential Therapy to address questions about meaning, purpose, and life direction. This approach supports people facing major life changes or a sense of being adrift by inviting reflection and values-based choices.
Mindfulness Therapy is another tool she brings into online sessions to slow down racing thoughts and improve focus. Simple breathing and attention exercises are taught and practiced in short, manageable ways that fit daily routines.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them over time based on what works.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility: video calls let people read facial cues and hold a fuller conversation, phone sessions reduce bandwidth needs and can be easier during commutes, and live chat or text-based messaging allow for brief check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on meaningful change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania, Maine
- Languages
- English