Lauren Kelly Nichols

Counseling takes courage and curiosity! I strive to create a warm, accepting, creative, and exploratory environment for all of my clients ( children, teens, and adults alike). Depending on my client’s age, values, and presenting concerns I will utilize different approaches such as non-directive and directive play , Filial (empowering parents to be therapeutic agents of change for child), person-centered, and/or cognitive behavioral therapy. I work with a wide range of issues including the following: anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, anger, defiance, low self-esteem, identity, acting out behaviors, and life transitions. I am also interested in Maternal Mental Health and have completed the Postpartum Support International Certificate Training in Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders. I am particularly interested in supporting individuals wrestling with parenting, infertility, grief and loss, as well as anxiety. I am a big believer that counseling is for everyone, you just have to find t