Lauren Reid

My goal is to support you and honor your experience by listening to what you need from a healing space. I am gender-affirming, LGBTQ+ affirming, and recognize the significance of race/culture. I have extensive clinical experience and training working with individuals struggling with identity, relational problems, family of origin issues, trauma, self-esteem, depression, anxiety and stress management. I work with you to help you identify patterns that no longer serve you and empower you to choose whether you shift those patterns as you become aware.

I meet you where you are with a range of psychological approaches and tools to help you increase awareness, identify relational patterns, build coping strategies, and feel empowered to live authentically. I am informed by humanistic and liberation-based approaches to therapy.

My goal in the first session is for us to identify whether I'm a good fit for your needs and collaborate on a plan together. In order to do that, we'll review your reason for starting therapy at this time, begin to explore your world and collaborate to identify goals for working together. My approach is grounded in humanistic approaches to therapy: you are a whole person and my goal is to support your healing so you access your full power and potential. I am informed by a variety of therapeutic frameworks including intersectional feminist theory, emotion-focused therapy, Internal Family Systems, narrative therapy, and liberation psychotherapy. From these approaches, I utilize a variety of tools such as mindfulness, relational skills, psychoeducation, two-chair, and empty-chair, as well as focusing on emotions, thoughts, and behaviors.