Lauren Lalchand
Hi there! It's very nice to meet you. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Work Therapist Licensed in both New York and North Carolina with experience as a social work therapist, and as a in school/college/career counseling and as a life coach. I have experience in helping clients with anxiety, relationship issues, motivation, self esteem, women’s health, PTSD, depression, LGBTQ, and personal growth. I believe in treating everyone with respect, and compassion; after all we will be working together as a team. I utilize various treatment modalities to meet your unique and specific needs by building skills, tools, and enhancing self-esteem. I'm a very interactive therapist and I'm passionate about supporting my clients both within sessions and in between sessions; to help keep their motivation up in order to achieve their goals successfully. Everyone's needs are different; but the one goal is to be your ideal self. I will help provide you with the necessary tools and skills to get you there!
First session
During our first session I assess future clients by listening to their needs and seeing where they want to improve in their lives. I provide a safe and non-judgmental approach so that clients feel connected and are feeling secure in their choice to work with me. I want clients to feel safe and know that we are a team so that they can tell me anything in order to build a trusting relationship. My goal is to make sure you are comfortable and know that I am with you from the start.
Strengths
My clients have always said they enjoy working with me due to my ability to be supportive, encouraging, and trustworthy. I enjoy the moment when my clients see the positive changes which I call "The therapy magic moment". I look forward to hearing your story and working with you so that you will have someone cheering you along your personal growth journey.
Ideal clients
My ideal client is someone who is ready to ask for help. I find people who ask for help is a strength and NOT a weakness. Anyone who is motivated to work on themselves and are committed to putting in the time and work on becoming their ideal selves will see the success in accomplishing their goals that they never thought they could become.
Origin story
Actually, since the seventh grade and an invitation to do an advice section in the school news paper is what started my journey towards helping others. The success of my school paper helped my fellow students to the point where I was asked to provide insight, advice, guidance, and support to those who were bullied, struggling with social skills, self-esteem issues, and advocacy for those who needed more support. As a result I realized that this was a natural calling and from there I always knew that this was my future career. My joy is helping others in need of meeting their goals and learning just how strong people are when they see the success of working on challenges that people are facing. Since then I achieved a Masters in School Counseling, College Counseling, Career Counseling, Social Work Therapy in Mental Health Services, and became a certified Life Coach in order to serve my clients holistically. I continuously strive to learn the latest theories and techniques to help my clients promote permanent change towards their desired goals and see that "therapy magic" where they see that can strive to become their ideal selves.
Ongoing work together
I utilize many theories and perspectives. Once thing are progressing towards clients goals I will identify how treatment is going and where they are shining so that they see the progress from the beginning. I always make sure that my clients are seeing their progress from reviewing the treatment plans to validating that they are putting in the work and feeling like they are always moving forward; even in between sessions.
Treatment methods
Person-centered (Rogerian)
In order to build our therapeutic alliance I make sure that your needs and wants are always met with respect and identifying clients' strengths. The basis of therapy starts with focusing on the client and then meeting your individual needs in order to apply more tools, theories, and techniques that will make you feels connect and motivated.
Location
Virtual sessions
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Licensed in
- New YorkLicense 093629
- North CarolinaLicense C016798