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- DBT
- EMDR
About Lauren
Lauren Peffer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in New York with 23 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and relationship concerns. Lauren helps people navigate parenting challenges, grief, addiction, intimacy-related issues, and major life changes.
Her approach emphasizes listening and practical conversation. She uses client-centered methods alongside Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and the Gottman Method. Sessions focus on improving communication, building coping skills, and addressing patterns like codependency, attachment or control issues.
Lauren often helps people work through intense emotions such as guilt, shame, anger, and abandonment. She also supports those dealing with fertility stress, infidelity, family conflict, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. Practical tools and skills are part of the work, not just talk about feelings.
Conversations typically cover what’s happening now and what feels most urgent. Lauren will help identify small, manageable steps and skill-based practices to try between meetings. Many clients use these exercises to notice change in everyday situations.
Her background includes long-term clinical work in diverse settings across New York. She brings steady experience to common life transitions and chronic stress. Lauren accepts international clients and offers sessions in English. To begin, visitors follow the site’s matching process to schedule a first appointment and complete a short questionnaire.
How Lauren integrates therapeutic approaches online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the client. It emphasizes collaboration and building a working relationship so people can explore concerns about direction, relationships, and self-worth.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors influence feelings. It is practical and skills-based, useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can help with anger, relationship difficulties, and self-regulation.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to emphasize and adjust the plan as things change.
The original biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also makes regular meetings possible for people in different time zones or who are located outside New York. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and communication to suit a client’s schedule and daily routines.
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Experience
23+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, grief, addictions, and related issues such as attachment, codependency, and infidelity.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered and interactive, combining listening with practical skill-building using CBT and DBT techniques when helpful.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 23 years of clinical experience working in a range of settings in New York.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW licensed in New York and practices from that state.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm the current session options before booking.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.