Lauren DaoustLCSW

Lauren Daoust is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who aims to make therapy feel approachable and down to earth. She combines calm listening with clear guidance to help people who are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, depressed, or exhausted by caregiving and life changes. Lauren writes and speaks plainly, and she brings practical tools to conversations about grief, postpartum struggles, trauma, and relationship or intimacy concerns.

She draws on six years as a therapist and a longer history in hospice and hospital social work. That background shaped her attention to both emotional and physical signals and to what matters most in stressful times. Lauren keeps sessions collaborative and low pressure so clients can set the pace and focus on what feels most urgent.

Her style mixes acceptance and commitment ideas with cognitive behavior techniques, attachment-focused work, mindfulness, and client-centered listening. Sessions emphasize noticing patterns, trying small behavioral experiments, and building skills to cope with mood shifts, sleep problems, or compassion fatigue.

People often come for help with anxiety, stress, grief, postpartum depression, or recovery from abuse and loss. Lauren also supports those dealing with chronic illness, caregiver strain, body image concerns, and questions about life purpose. She aims to reconnect people to their strengths while offering concrete steps to feel steadier.

Lauren practices in Wisconsin and offers services in English. The first meeting is meant to be a simple conversation to see if the fit feels right and to plan next steps together.

Approaches and how online sessions can fit

Lauren blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with Attachment-Based and client-centered work. ACT focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that align with valued goals; it can help with anxiety, low mood, and life transitions. Attachment-based work looks at patterns in close relationships and how early attachment shapes current connection and trust, which can be useful for intimacy issues and relationship distress. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathetic listening and following the client's lead to build understanding and self-direction.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will check in about what matters most to the client and try approaches that match needs and preferences. Together they will adjust methods over time until the combination feels useful.

Confirm current session options before booking. Many people find online therapy helps fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time, allowing easier scheduling around work and caregiving, and making it simpler to keep regular check-ins. Online work can also make shorter or more frequent appointments easier to arrange, or allow sessions without using video if that suits someone's needs better. Ask about available formats when you schedule.