Currently on Maternity Leave – returning April 2021
Lauren is a child and family psychologist, with vast experiences working in schools and private work in the community. Lauren enjoys working with children, adolescents and their families as they navigate the joys and challenges of development, relationships and other life events.
Lauren’s approach to therapy is based on connection and collaboration. She enjoys helping families understand and explore their concerns from a systemic perspective and tailors the goal’s of therapy to their needs, to facilitate self-discovery and growth.
Lauren views emotions as holding valuable insights into one’s needs and wants, thereby helping to guide meaningful actions. In addition to this emotions-focused approach, Lauren uses principles from attachment-theory, cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness, as well as, playful and creative techniques.
Lauren considers the person in the context of their development, as well as broader, systemic factors such as family, school, work and culture. Lauren strongly values working closely with parents, schools and others to promote a child or young person’s growth, wellbeing and functioning across various environments.
Lauren enjoys the opportunity to work closely with parents, to reflect together on the child or young person’s strengths and difficulties, to understand their needs, and how to best support them. Lauren is an educator for the Circle of Security Parenting program which helps caregivers to enhance their awareness of, and responsiveness to, their child’s emotional needs, thereby strengthening the parent-child relationship.
