All of us at one point or another have faced problems that have affected us in different ways, I want to help you understand, confront, and overcome your challenges. Call me to set up an appointment and experience life differently. Todos nosotros en un momento u otro hemos enfrentado a problemas que nos han afectado de diferentes maneras, yo quiero ayudarle a comprender, enfrentar y superar sus desafios. Ll meme para establecer una cita y ayudarle a ver y vivir la vida de una manera diferente.

Has your child experienced a trauma and you don't know how to help him/her? Is your child having difficulties in school that you sense are more than just academic? Do you want to better understand your child's emotional world? If so, I invite you to call me for a free consultation to see if I can be of help to you and your family.

Play is a child's primary means of self-expression. In Play Therapy, feelings, metaphors and tensions arise representing the emotional struggle the child has experienced. When they feel safe, accepted, and understood by the therapist children are able to process difficult emotions and develop resources to help them feel calmer, more resilient and more confident. Through play, the child and therapist build a special relationship that leads to growth and healing.

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I am ready to help you move past traumatic events and difficult times, improve the problem areas of your life, and at the same time find more of what you do want in your life. If you are not sure what it is you want, I can help you figure that out. I use mainstream counseling techniques, often in combination with treatments designed to help resolve trauma. While I enjoy working with a wide variety of people, I have a special interest in working with survivors of sexual assault/abuse or traumatic loss, and with their loved ones.

Beginning therapy to address past traumas can be scary. The first and most important thing we will do together is create a strong, safe relationship. Then we engage your internal and external resources, and develop -- as gradually as necessary -- your ability to tolerate and manage working with your traumatic past

Lauren's therapeutic style is built on the belief that everyone possesses health, sanity, wisdom and goodness regardless of how disconnected they feel from it. He supports clients becoming the authors of their own experience through self-defined narratives of healing.

Lauren studied Psychology at Purdue and attended Naropa University to earn his Masters in Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology. He spent the last decade providing acute crisis care to those experiencing extreme mental suffering and non-ordinary states of consciousness. In his most recent position as Co-Responder with Denver Police, Lauren rode along as a first responder and was awarded the first Official Commendation ever presented to a therapist.

Lauren considers therapy to be his “ikigiai,” a Japanese concept which translates to “reason for being".