I’m Lauren, founder of
Every Body Therapy
I hold a Master of Social Work from Columbia University and completed post-graduate training in substance use and chemical dependency through Yale School of Medicine, along with specialized training in eating disorder treatment, EMDR, body-based and anti-diet approaches, and trauma-informed care.
I began my career in the FDNY’s Counseling Services Unit, where I supported men in changing patterns of anger, aggression, and unhelpful coping to the daily trauma that came along with their profession. That work gave me a deep understanding of the cyclical nature of trauma and the ways pain, shame, and survival strategies can become enacted in relationships.
From there, I expanded my work across private practice settings that deepened and broadened my clinical foundation. In one setting, I worked within a holistic, LGBTQ+ affirming, kink-affirming, and sex-positive framework, which sharpened my understanding of systemic trauma, identity, marginalization, and the ways culture and power shape mental health. In another, I worked intensively with mood and anxiety disorders, including depression, panic, OCD, suicidality, and acute emotional distress. I later joined a practice centered entirely on eating disorders, body image, and body liberation, where my work became deeply informed by Health at Every Size, anti-fat bias, and weight stigma.
These experiences shaped the foundation of Every Body Therapy. I built this practice to reflect the full range of what I had come to value as a clinician: depth, nuance, relational honesty, and care that does not separate emotional suffering from identity, trauma, or the systems people live within.
My work is now largely trauma-specialized, while also drawing from my extensive experience with anxiety, depression, eating disorders, identity-related stress, and relationship struggles. My therapeutic style is warm, engaged, and direct. I do not take a detached or passive stance. I work actively with clients to name patterns clearly, challenge what is no longer serving them, and create meaningful change. Clients often come to me when they want a therapist who can be honest, incisive, and relationally present, not just supportive, but genuinely effective.
Beyond my private practice, I supervise and consult with clinicians and coaches across career stages. I support them through the parts of the work that rarely come with a script, such as charged boundaries, difficult financial conversations, documentation decisions, referrals and terminations, rupture and repair, and the ethical gray areas that reliably stir up fear, over-responsibility, and self-doubt. I’ve also been invited to participate on panels, educational programs, and community conversations focused on mental health, trauma, and structural harm.
The clients who tend to find their way to me are often used to being the ones who seem to have it all together from the outside looking in. That’s part of why I care deeply about creating a space where you do not have to keep performing that version of yourself, which includes how I hold you accountable when you try to anyway.
People often feel safe with me quickly, not because I am passive or endlessly affirming, but because I am attuned, grounded, and skilled at recognizing what is happening beneath the surface. I know how to be direct without shaming, honest without being harsh, and relational without losing depth. My work is about helping people tell the truth, understand their patterns, and make real change.
My practice is grounded in trauma therapy and informed by extensive work with disordered eating and body image concerns, ADHD and autistic adults, religious trauma, illness and disability, anger and aggression, LGBTQ+ clients, perfectionism, high-achievement pressure, and major life transitions. In practice, that often means working with people who have become very skilled at surviving by overfunctioning, shapeshifting, numbing out, shutting down, or turning against themselves. I listen closely, track patterns carefully, and help people feel supported in ways that do not quietly reinforce the very dynamics keeping them stuck.
For many people, one of the most healing parts of therapy is not just the insight itself, but the relationship. It is the experience of feeling safe enough to speak openly, honest enough to name what is not working, and trusting that hard things can be worked through rather than avoided. I believe in being real, repairing when rupture happens, and building the kind of trust that makes honest challenge possible. If we work together, you can expect to feel both deeply cared for and clearly called in when needed.
I draw from EMDR, IFS, EFT, Gestalt therapy, DBT, and ACT, but I do not work in a rigid or one-size-fits-all way. My approach is relational, trauma-informed, socially conscious, and rooted in Health at Every Size. I want you to feel fully seen, respected, and met as a whole person, not reduced to a diagnosis or pushed toward someone else’s idea of healing.
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