Lauren ScoginLICSW, LCSW

Lauren Scogin is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience helping people through major life transitions. She is licensed in Vermont as an LICSW and in Maine as an LCSW. Lauren emphasizes straightforward, respectful conversation and supports clients facing grief, stress, anxiety, career changes, and relationship challenges.

Her approach is practical and collaborative. She listens to each person's story and helps them find what works in day-to-day life. Sessions focus on identifying strengths, trying small changes, and tracking progress in ways that feel doable for the client.

Lauren brings additional experience from five years as a nursing home administrator. That background informs her understanding of caregiving stress, aging and geriatric issues, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and the practical side of health-related transitions. She uses this experience to help people navigate complex systems and emotional adjustments.

Clinically she draws on client-centered work, emotionally-focused ideas, mindfulness, narrative approaches, and solution-focused techniques. These methods are used to address postpartum depression, trauma, mood disorders, and compassion fatigue among other concerns. Lauren also offers coaching for professional and executive challenges when that fits a client's goals.

She aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through fears and make steady changes. To begin she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to therapist availability.

How different approaches guide online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters most to the person. It helps people feel heard and decide their own next steps. Emotionally-focused therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people name and shift the emotions that keep them stuck. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple ways to notice thoughts and bodily sensations so stress and reactivity are easier to manage.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each client about goals and preferences and together they will choose which methods to try. This collaborative process means methods can be adjusted over time if something isn’t fitting well.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know which online formats are offered. Many people find online sessions useful for fitting therapy into busy days, reducing travel time, and keeping appointments consistent during life changes like pregnancy or caregiving. Online work can also make it easier to continue therapy across moves within the same state. Ask about scheduling patterns and how sessions are arranged to find a plan that fits your routine.