Lauren Knepp

Lauren Knepp is a Pennsylvania licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 16 years of experience. She helps adults who feel stuck after a life change, who are overwhelmed by stress or anxiety, or who are dealing with low self-esteem and relationship strain. Lauren’s focus includes depression, relationship issues, family concerns, and life purpose questions. She works in straightforward, practical ways. Conversations aim to make patterns clear and find small, doable steps forward. Sessions often cover coping skills, communication strategies, and ways to manage strong feelings when they get in the way of daily life. Lauren draws on several evidence-based approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness techniques, and solution-focused methods. She uses these methods to help people notice unhelpful thoughts, learn new behaviors, and set values-based goals. The emphasis is on what a person wants to do next, not on labels or guarantees. Her background and interests also include adoption and foster care, attachment and abandonment issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, body image, and aging concerns. She works with communication problems, codependency, and managing the emotional fallout of disasters and other major changes. Lauren practices in Pennsylvania and conducts sessions in English. People who are weighing what comes next in work or life often seek her out to talk through options and build steady, practical plans.

How her approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people name what matters to them and take small actions in that direction. It can help when someone feels stuck or uncertain about next steps in work or life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical strategies to shift them. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress management. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication and can be useful when emotions interfere with daily functioning. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them as needed based on how things are going. Please confirm the specific session formats available before booking. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Online work can make it simpler to practice skills between meetings and to transfer what is learned into everyday routines.