Lauren Latham, LPC

Lauren Latham is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in West Virginia with 13 years of experience. She began her training in the U.K. and later completed a Master’s in counseling at West Virginia University. Lauren draws on years of work in school settings and adult counseling to support people through hard transitions and emotional strain.

She takes a direct and compassionate approach in sessions. Lauren listens first, then helps people set clear goals. She uses practical tools to manage overwhelming feelings, improve communication, and navigate relationship challenges. Sessions are tailored to each person's needs and pace.

Lauren has worked with a wide range of concerns including relationship and family struggles, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, ADHD, and coping with life changes. She also addresses caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and issues like control, impulsivity, and isolation. Her background includes bereavement counseling and school counseling, which shape her calm and practical style.

Her work combines approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance-based ideas to help people notice what matters and take steps toward it. Lauren also uses attachment-focused thinking to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. Motivational interviewing and client-centered listening inform how she helps people find motivation and trust the process.

People who want straightforward guidance, clearer communication, and help rebuilding meaning often find her style useful. Lauren aims to create a space where clients can make steady changes and practice new ways of relating to themselves and others.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice their thoughts and feelings without being driven by them. It emphasizes identifying values and taking small actions that point toward a more meaningful life, which can help with grief, relationship stress, and life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It uses practical exercises and experiments to test unhelpful beliefs and build new habits for anxiety, mood issues, and communication problems.

Attachment-Based ideas pay attention to how early relationship patterns shape current reactions. This perspective can help people understand recurring conflicts and learn different ways to relate in partnerships and family situations.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. Expectations and strategies are reviewed together so adjustments can be made as progress unfolds.

Confirm the specific session options before booking since the biography does not list them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, avoid travel time, and keep appointments during transitions. It can also allow shorter check-ins by phone or audio when video is not convenient. Ask about practical arrangements when scheduling to find a format that suits daily routines and communication preferences.