Lauren Liss , LCSW

Lauren Liss is a licensed clinical social worker in Connecticut with 27 years of professional experience. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, and major life changes. Lauren works with clients to hear their story and begin practical steps toward feeling steadier.

Her work history is rooted in healthcare, so she is used to supporting people facing medical and emotional challenges. That background informs how she talks about chronic illness, new diagnoses, and caregiver strain. She uses straightforward tools to help people cope with pain, fatigue, and the daily limits those conditions can bring.

Lauren offers support for relationship and life transitions such as divorce and separation, workplace stress, and money worries. She also helps people facing isolation, control issues, and questions about life purpose or midlife change. Women’s issues and self-love are listed areas she pays attention to in sessions.

In therapy she focuses on building skills people can use between appointments. Sessions include talking through situations, learning coping strategies, and practicing small behavior changes. Lauren emphasizes steps that feel workable and realistic for each person’s life.

She speaks English and conducts sessions using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling an appointment according to therapist availability.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Lauren uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical coping and skill building. One approach centers on learning concrete coping strategies for stress and anxiety, helping people notice triggers and try small changes in thought and behavior to reduce overwhelm. Another approach emphasizes short-term problem solving for life changes, grief, and addiction recovery, breaking larger problems into manageable steps and tracking progress over time.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. Together they check in on what is helping and adjust techniques as therapy progresses.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper connection, phone sessions can be a low-bandwidth option, and chat or messaging works well for quick check-ins or brief coaching between appointments. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep continuity when schedules change.