Clinician

Lauren Riley, LMSW

she/her/hers

Licensed in:

  • New York
  • Florida (registered telehealth provider)

Education & Training:

  • Master’s in Social Work – New York University
  • Training in embodiment, somatics, and trauma healing through The Embody Lab

Specialties:

I work with adults navigating changing roles and life transitions, including aging, chronic conditions, and grief and loss. I have worked with individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, and burnout related to these progressions, especially those often finding themselves in caregiver roles or dysregulating relational patterns. I support my clients as they reorient themselves to shifting identities and realities by working with individuals to identify empowering patterns and practicing embodiment through new practices and skills.

Clinical Style & Theoretical Orientation:

I take a creative and active approach to therapy. Informed by narrative therapy, I work with my clients to understand their stories. This involves collaboration to locate needs, build a shared sense of patterns and goals, and experiment with new strategies while identifying innate wisdom and existing strengths and supports. Sometimes I introduce body-awareness and mindful strategies. Sometimes more tangible support is needed. I hold space in sessions for deep reflection and incorporate self-compassion, curiosity, and skills-based approaches. I use an anti-oppressive, intersectional, culturally humble, and systemic approach.

Lived Identity:

  • Feminist
  • LGBTQIA+ ally
  • Social justice advocate
  • Social worker
  • Sex positive
  • Creative

Personal Interests: I enjoy running, reading, and spending time with friends and family over good food.

Insurance:

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross (New York commercial plans only, accepted via Headway)
  • Cigna/Evernorth
  • Fidelis Care
  • Meritain Health
  • United/Oxford/Optum
  • Out-of-network (billed through Thrizer)

Client Focus Area

Abuse Survivors,

ADD,

ADHD,

Aging,

Anger,

Anxiety,

Blended Families,

Body Positivity,

Boundary Setting,

Break Ups,

Burnout,

Cancel Culture,

Cancer,

Career Counseling,

Caregiver,

Chronic Medical Issues,

Codependence,

Communication,

Colorism,

Dating,

Depression,

Divorce,

Family Conflict,

Finance,

Generational Conflict,

Grief,

Infertility,

Infidelity,

Leadership,

LGBTQIA+,

Life Coaching,

Life Transitions,

Marital Conflict,

Men’s Issues,

Neurodiversity,

Parenting,

Post-Partum,

Polyamory,

Pregnancy,

PTSD,

Racial Identity,

Relationship Issues,

Self Esteem,

Self-Harm,

Sex Positive,

Sexual Abuse,

Sexual Dysfunction,

Sleep/Insomnia,

Spirituality,

Sports Performance,

Stress,

Trauma,

Weight Loss,

White Privilege,

Social

Locations

159 20th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 | 14 Wall Street,
New York, NY 10005

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