Lauren Bunting, LPC

Lauren Bunting creates a therapeutic environment rooted in warmth, collaboration, and nonjudgmental support, where individuals can explore their experiences and pursue meaningful change. She emphasizes the importance of feeling genuinely seen and heard, and works alongside clients to identify the shifts they want to make in their lives. Lauren is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who brings both school counseling experience and clinical counseling skills to her practice. With more than three years of clinical counseling experience and over ten years as a school counselor, she has supported adolescents, teens, adults, and couples facing anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, life transitions, and everyday stressors.

Her approach centers on meeting clients where they are and building on existing strengths to promote growth. Lauren helps clients and couples improve communication patterns, address attachment and relationship concerns, and strengthen emotional well-being. In sessions she and the client explore thoughts, emotions, and behavioral patterns that contribute to distress while identifying practical strategies to support progress.

Lauren frames therapy as a partnership rather than a one-sided process. Together with each client she develops meaningful, values-aligned goals and fosters increased self-awareness and healthier coping skills so clients can pursue greater balance, stronger relationships, and a clearer sense of fulfillment.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Lauren Bunting

Lauren Bunting integrates client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to guide her work. Client-centered therapy focuses on offering genuine empathy and support so clients can explore their feelings and make choices that align with their values - it is useful for building self-awareness, improving relationships, and addressing life transitions. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaches practical skills to manage anxiety, low mood, and stress-related symptoms.

When appropriate she also draws on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) strategies to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills - these tools can be especially helpful for managing intense emotions and improving communication. Lauren approaches treatment collaboratively - she and each client work together to determine which combination of techniques best fits the client's needs, goals, and preferences rather than relying on a single method.

Online therapy with Lauren is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility to fit therapy into busy schedules. These options make it easier for clients to access consistent support from licensed professionals and therapists from locations where in-person services may be difficult to arrange, while allowing sessions to be scheduled in a way that suits individual routines.