About Lauren
Lauren Rich is a licensed clinical social worker with 16 years of experience. She speaks plainly and listens closely to help people sort through stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, sleep trouble, and life changes. Her style is direct but compassionate, aimed at practical steps rather than vague promises.
She draws on experience supporting people from military, law enforcement, sports performance, and other high-stress careers. That background shapes how she understands pressure, burnout, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
Lauren also works with concerns such as ADHD, panic attacks, depression, and workplace issues. Lauren uses body-aware methods alongside talking therapies. Somatic work helps people notice how stress shows up in the body and then learn ways to ease physical tension.
She combines that with client-centered conversations that focus on each person's goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify patterns of thinking that keep problems going and replace them with more helpful habits. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and EMDR tools are added when they fit a person's needs and readiness.
In sessions she aims to be a clear navigator. People who want practical guidance and tools to manage everyday problems tend to find this approach useful. Lauren helps clients build skills for coping with money stress, relationship strain, career questions, recovery from trauma, and finding a stronger sense of purpose.
How somatic and talk therapies work online
Somatic-informed work helps people notice where stress sits in the body and practice simple grounding and movement techniques to ease tension. Online sessions use breath work, guided attention to body sensations, and verbal coaching to build awareness without relying on a clinic room.Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's goals and experience. The therapist listens, reflects, and helps the person set the pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches clear skills to change them, which can be practiced during or between online meetings.
Finding the best approach happens together. The therapist will discuss options, try methods that fit the client, and adjust based on progress and preference. This collaborative process helps match somatic work, CBT, or client-centered care to the person's needs.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging. These options increase flexibility for people juggling work, family, or travel and allow continuity of care when in-person visits are not possible. Many clients find the variety of formats makes it easier to practice skills consistently and stay connected to support.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- First responder issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English