Lauren Clare, AASW

Lauren Clare is an AASW social worker with seven years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, family conflict, trauma and parenting challenges. She offers a calm, practical approach and aims to make talking about difficult things feel manageable. Lauren listens first, then helps outline steps that fit each person's life and goals.

Lauren has worked across child protection, family services, crisis support and counselling. That background means she is used to helping people deal with relationship strain, grief, life transitions and workplace stress. She also supports those facing divorce or separation, domestic violence and issues related to pregnancy and childbirth.

Her work draws on evidence-based techniques and a trauma-informed perspective. Lauren uses strengths-based and solution-focused methods to help people notice what already works and build practical coping skills. She also uses motivational interviewing to support change when people feel stuck.

Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to each person. Lauren helps clients set clear goals, practise new ways of communicating and develop routines that reduce overwhelm. The emphasis is on usable tools rather than labels.

People come to Lauren when they need short-term practical support and when they want longer-term work to process past hurt. She supports those affected by sexual assault and abuse, post-traumatic stress and young adult issues, always tailoring the approach to the concerns brought into the room.

How evidence-based methods work online

Lauren uses approaches such as trauma-informed practice and strengths-based therapy. Trauma-informed practice focuses on understanding how past hurt affects current reactions and helps people build safety and pacing while processing hard memories. Strengths-based therapy looks for existing skills and resources and helps people use those strengths to manage stress and tackle problems.

Finding the right approach is a shared task. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what feels tolerable, then try methods that match those needs. Sessions can shift over time as goals change, with the therapist and client deciding together what helps most.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people access support from different locations while keeping work around school, parenting or job commitments.