Lauren Ares, LMFT
Psychotherapist
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Bio:
Lauren Ares, LMFT, is a strengths-based therapist who focuses on empowering individuals, couples, and families to enhance their inner resources and resilience in order to achieve therapeutic objectives. She specializes in helping clients recognize and reinforce their internal resources to address a range of issues, including mood disorders, life transitions, trauma, disruptive behavior, and relational challenges.
Lauren's therapeutic approach involves assisting clients in understanding and addressing intergenerational patterns, improving coping and relational skills, and developing effective emotional expression.
With a background in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Ecosystemic Family Therapy (ESFT), Lauren has extensive experience working with children and adults on the Autistic Spectrum Disorder and their families. Additionally, she is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a highly effective treatment for trauma and other distressing experiences.
Drawing on her diverse professional experience in hospital, in-home, and outpatient settings, Lauren is adept at supporting clients from diverse backgrounds in cultivating greater self-awareness, self-acceptance, and a sense of belonging. Lauren earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Southern Connecticut State University and a Master of Arts degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Fairfield University.
Education & Training:
Southern Connecticut State University - B.A. Psychology
Fairfield University - M.A. Marriage and Family Therapy
Get to know Lauren
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I prioritize the client empowering themselves through the theraputic process. This is for you and I help you figure out the path and how to cope with it. It is a team effort.
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It happens at different times and in different ways for everyone, but it happens you let go of what no longer suits you and you begin to empower yourself.
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How attachment can impact our relationships throughout life and how trauma get get stored in our bodies.
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"Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats". - Voltaire
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When I was maybe 5 or 6 and my family was going away on vacation and we flew out of Laguardia. My Dad walked me down to the end of the terminal to show me the Skyline for the first time.
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Just dip your toe in and see how it feels, take your time and ask questions.