Lauren Willson, SWT

she/her/hers

is a graduate student at Ohio State University completing the Master of Social Work program there. She is working in supervision with Abby Sillaman, LISW-S. 

Lauren has previous professional experience in various treatment settings including inpatient psychiatric hospitalization, residential rehabilitation, and community-based non-profits. She has worked closely with folks in acute mental health crises ranging from anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation to psychosis- as well as LGBTQIA+ clients, clients with intellectual and developmental disabilities, justice involved clients and unhoused clients.

Lauren’s areas of focus include anxiety, depression, the development of coping skills, processing trauma, and the LGBTQIA+ community. 

Lauren approaches counseling from a strengths-based, trauma informed and person-centered perspective- utilizing mindfulness, and elements of CBT, and DBT. 

Lauren views counseling as a collaboration between client and clinician. She feels that counseling is not one-size-fits-all and aims to empower clients to vocalize their needs so she may best support them to build their strengths and achieve their goals. 

Lauren works with clients 18 and older and is available for appointments both in person, and via telehealth on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 

In her free time, Lauren enjoys spending time outside, cooking, collecting vinyl records and snuggling with her two cats!