Lauren Bunting, LPC

Lauren Bunting, LPC, uses practical, evidence-informed approaches to help people reduce stress and manage anxiety. She creates a warm, nonjudgmental space where clients feel heard and can work toward clearer goals. Sessions are collaborative and focused on real-life change rather than labels or jargon.

With ten years of professional experience that includes school counseling and clinical work, Lauren has supported people coping with depression, relationship strain, and family problems. She also addresses specific issues like panic attacks, self-harm behaviors, attachment concerns, and low self-esteem. Her background gives her a broad perspective on everyday challenges and life transitions.

Lauren blends cognitive behavioral ideas with client-centered and solution-focused techniques. She helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns, build practical coping skills, and try small experiments that can change how they feel. Dialectical behavior tools are used when emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills are needed.

In sessions she focuses on communication skills and problem-solving for blended family issues and other family-related stressors. Conversations often include role-play, skill practice, and step-by-step plans clients can use between meetings. Progress is tracked through clear, achievable goals set together.

People who prefer flexible sessions can meet by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Sessions are delivered in English and follow a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Lauren practices in Missouri as an LPC and draws on a decade of experience to support steady, practical change.

Practical therapies you can use online

Lauren combines cognitive behavioral ideas and client-centered work to create clear steps clients can try between sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and low mood. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes active listening and collaboration so clients feel understood while they set their own goals.

She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy when emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills are needed. DBT-style tools teach breathing, grounding, and skill-based responses that can help during intense moments. The therapist works together with each person to decide which approach or mix of approaches fits best for their needs and goals.

Online sessions come by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and practicing communication. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins and ongoing skill practice between meetings. These options let people fit therapy into busy schedules and try different formats to see what works.