Lauren Chianciola

Lauren Chianciola is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker who brings 15 years of experience to her practice. She focuses on practical, conversational care for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and issues around sexuality and identity. Lauren aims to build a trusting relationship so clients feel heard and understood from the start.

She uses clear, goal-focused methods that help people manage symptoms and make changes that fit their lives. Sessions often include strategies from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot patterns, and motivational work to support difficult changes. Narrative and client-centered ideas are used to help people tell their story and find meaning in their choices.

Lauren has worked with people dealing with grief, addiction, workplace strain, and compassion fatigue. She also supports discussions about parenting challenges, communication problems, and relationship commitment concerns. Women’s issues are included among her focus areas, and she supports people exploring sexuality and self-love.

She emphasizes steady communication, validation, and practical steps rather than jargon. In appointments she listens, reflects, and offers tools clients can try between meetings. Lauren encourages small experiments and realistic goals to build confidence over time.

If someone is unsure where to begin, she suggests starting with a conversation about immediate concerns and priorities. That first step helps shape a simple plan and decide which approaches will be most helpful moving forward.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, reflecting, and building a trusting relationship so clients feel understood. Online work can let that same conversational style continue across sessions, helping people name what matters and set priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify thinking and behavior patterns and then tries small experiments to shift them; this approach works well in online sessions when clients and therapist review real-life examples and homework together. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way to strengthen motivation for change by exploring values and ambivalence, which can be done through focused, goal-oriented conversations in remote appointments.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt techniques as needed. Clients and therapist decide together which methods to emphasize and how fast to move toward concrete steps.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or school by reducing travel time and allowing more flexible scheduling. It also makes it simpler to bring real-life situations into conversation, such as reviewing a difficult email or planning a short behavior experiment between meetings.