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Hi, I’m Lauren.
 

Thanks for checking out my website. Here’s a little background about my path to becoming a therapist and some of the life experiences that inform the work I do.

 

I grew up on the East Coast and studied philosophy in college. I loved the intellectual pursuit of philosophy, but eventually realized that I needed to get out of my head and stop ignoring the body. I wanted my work to be more integrated and representative of this.

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I moved out to the West Coast for grad school to study the whole-person approach of Somatic Psychology. My family and I recently relocated to Northampton, Massachusetts. I am currently accepting California and Massachusetts clients for teletherapy.
 

I’ve practiced yoga for the past 20 years and sat in meditation in Colorado, India, and San Francisco. I have worked as a therapist and a yoga teacher with incarcerated peoples and homeless populations, in rural and urban community mental health, and in private practice with individuals and couples.

 

I’ve studied a variety of different modalities – Somatics, Sex Therapy, Expressive Art, Drama Therapy, Hakomi, AEDP, EFT – to bring me closer to understanding the scientific basis for attachment and how we create healthy and unhealthy human relationships. I apply this to my clients in an intelligent, insightful, and spontaneous way.

 

I’ve been a practicing therapist for over 10 years. I offer sessions online for California and Massachusetts residents. I have completed the highest level of sex therapy certification through The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists, because the more I work with people the more I realize that our ability to have healthy relationships and fulfilling sex is foundational to living a full and meaningful life.

 

When not practicing and/or studying psychotherapy, I love to (among other things) travel the world with my husband and two sons, make handmade chocolates, and explore the forest and rivers of Western Massachusetts.

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Selected Education and Training

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I combine my training in somatic psychotherapy, drama therapy, attachment theory-based approaches, and mindfulness-based practices. In addition to my formal education, I consider my own marriage to be one of my greatest teachers of all. 

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• BA Philosophy, Brown University

• MA Somatic Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies

• Sex Therapy Training, California Institute of Integral Studies

• PACT Level 1

• The Art Of Holding Perinatal Women in Distress training with Karen Kleiman

• Postpartum Support International Maternal Mental Health Certificate training

• EFT Externship with Rebecca Jorgenson

• On-going Weekly Couples Therapy Consultation Group with Michael Klein

• Hakomi Experiental Couples Training with Rob Fisher

• Sex Therapy Certificate Program, California Institute of Integral Studies

• Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) Immersion with Diana Fosha

• Drama Therapy Training Group with Armand Volkas

• 85-hour Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training, Yoga Garden

• 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training, Sivananda

• Free Diving level 1
   

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