Lauren Dawood, LPC, LCMHC

Lauren Dawood is a licensed counselor based in North Carolina with 11 years of professional experience supporting people through a wide range of challenges. She holds LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) and LCMHC (Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor) credentials, and blends compassionate, respectful care with practical therapeutic tools to address concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, eating-related issues, mood disorders, relationship and career difficulties, and identity matters related to LGBT clients.

Her approach is rooted in client-centered principles and informed by evidence-based methods including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), mindfulness practices, solution-focused strategies, trauma-focused work, and Internal Family Systems. She adapts language and treatment plans to meet each person’s unique needs, drawing on additional focus areas like attachment and abandonment issues, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, ADHD, and communication or blending-family challenges.

Lauren emphasizes sensitivity and empathy throughout the therapeutic process and acknowledges that beginning counseling often requires courage. She works collaboratively to create individualized goals and interventions, aiming to help people build coping skills, strengthen relationships, and navigate life transitions with greater resilience.