Lauren Mengedoht, LCSW

Lauren Mengedoht is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 12 years of experience in private practice, licensed to practice in Oregon and Texas and based in Oregon. She specializes in relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, anger management, and ADHD, and brings focused attention to issues such as attachment, abandonment, adoption and foster care, codependency, and communication problems.

Lauren is a certified attachment therapist (2015) and has training in somatic and experiential methods, including Hakomi (2019). Her work also integrates Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), relational approaches, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which she blends to match each person’s needs and goals. This combination allows her to address both emotional experience and practical patterns of thinking and behavior.

In session she emphasizes an open, nonjudgmental atmosphere where thoughts and feelings can be expressed and explored. Lauren approaches therapy collaboratively, helping people take steps toward greater fulfillment and clearer relationships while supporting them through the courage it takes to change.

Integrating Approaches for Online Relationship and Trauma Work

Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and work with their emotions to strengthen relationships and resolve painful patterns; it emphasizes understanding emotional responses and developing new ways to connect. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on recognizing and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce distress and support practical problem solving across issues like anger, anxiety, and ADHD. Somatic and experiential methods, including Hakomi, attend to bodily sensations and present-moment experience to access deeper emotional patterns often rooted in trauma.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Lauren works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they explore techniques and adjust the focus as therapy unfolds so the plan feels tailored and effective.

Online therapy offers flexibility to meet from home or another convenient place using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, maintain continuity of care across schedules, and access licensed professionals and therapists without travel.