Lauryn Blanding, LPC

Lauryn Blanding offers compassionate, empathetic care to people navigating difficult and unmanageable life moments. She creates a warm therapeutic relationship that encourages clients to share personal and vulnerable struggles, and she walks alongside them as they identify goals and address current needs. Through that supportive connection, Lauryn helps people work through internal stressors such as depression and anxiety as well as relational conflicts that affect family, romantic, and peer connections.

She has specialized training in Couples and Marriage Therapy and also works extensively with adolescents and their families. Lauryn brings particular experience supporting adolescents and young adults who face depression, anxiety, or challenges in peer and family relationships. She is passionate about helping couples and families build healthier patterns of communication and connection, and she applies that focus to a range of concerns including parenting, intimacy, grief, and life transitions.

Lauryn is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) - a credential for practitioners who provide psychotherapy - and she aims to combine empathy with practical strategies so clients can grow from their struggles and move toward greater well-being.

Approaches for Online Work and Everyday Challenges

Lauryn uses evidence-informed approaches to help clients overcome distress and build meaningful change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and developing practical skills to change patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, and stress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches acceptance of difficult internal experiences while clarifying personal values and committing to actions that create a more engaged life, which can be helpful for managing anxiety, avoidance, and life transitions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on understanding and reshaping emotional responses in close relationships to improve connection and resolve patterns that cause conflict or distance.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Lauryn takes a collaborative stance. She works with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting techniques as progress and insights emerge. This collaborative planning helps ensure therapy feels relevant and practical for the individual or couple.

Online sessions offer flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules or to continue work during life transitions. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver the same therapeutic techniques and relational focus that inform Lauryn's in-person practice, while allowing clients to engage from the setting that works best for them.