Lauren Greeley , LCSW

Lauren Greeley is a licensed clinical social worker in California with 18 years of experience. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Lauren speaks English and Spanish and aims to make starting therapy straightforward and approachable.

She uses a person-centered style that keeps conversations focused on what matters to each individual. Sessions are adjusted to the person’s needs and goals rather than following a fixed script. That can mean skill practice one week and problem-solving or coaching the next.

Lauren draws on cognitive behavioral tools to help identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try new behaviors. She also uses principles from dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills. Mindfulness techniques are woven in to help bring attention back to the present moment.

Her work often addresses relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, grief, trauma and abuse, and issues related to self-esteem and identity. She also helps with career stress, financial worries, and challenges connected to adoption, immigration, or caregiving stress.

Therapy can include short check-ins or longer sessions depending on the issue. Sessions may happen by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. To begin, a person uses the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire, and schedules according to the therapist’s availability.

How her approaches translate to online care

Lauren uses client-centered work to keep sessions focused on the person’s immediate goals and priorities. In practice this means conversations steer toward what the client wants to change and the therapist adapts techniques to those goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes that can reduce anxiety or mood symptoms.

Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used to teach emotional regulation and distress tolerance. Those are practical tools that a therapist can coach during video or phone sessions and that clients can practice between meetings. Lauren will work together with each person to find which approach or mix of approaches fits best based on goals, needs, and preference.

Online formats give flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skill demonstrations and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter audio check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief updates, coaching, or midweek check-ins without a full session. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and keep continuity when life is unpredictable.