Lauren Daoust, LCSW

Lauren Daoust is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Wisconsin with six years of experience as a therapist. She works with people who are facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and the everyday strain of life changes.

She draws on prior hospice and hospital social work to guide her approach. That experience shaped how she notices emotional and physical shifts and responds in practical ways. Sessions focus on identifying strengths and building simple tools to manage mood, sleep, anger, and compassion fatigue.

Lauren uses a collaborative, client-centered stance. She listens for patterns around attachment, abandonment, codependency, and caregiver stress. Then she helps people try concrete strategies from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches when those fit the concern.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas are also part of her work. That can mean noticing values, practicing acceptance of difficult feelings, and picking actions that matter to the person in front of her. She keeps language plain and steps small so changes are workable between sessions.

Clients can expect a straightforward first meeting that feels low-pressure. The initial session is mostly conversational and used to see whether the therapist and client are a practical fit. Lauren balances attention to feelings with down-to-earth ways to help people function better day to day.

Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions work