Lauren Spranger earned her master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Iowa in 2021. She also has a bachelor’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Lauren is a provisionally Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of Iowa and Nebraska. She is also a part of the American Counseling Association and is a Nationally Certified Counselor.

Lauren’s approach to counseling is grounded in evidence-based practices with a person-centered and trauma-informed care lens. She enjoys meeting her clients where they are, lending a nonjudgmental ear, and utilizing research backed techniques such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TFCBT).

Lauren believes that all people have the potential to flourish in life and she takes great pleasure in assisting her clients on their paths to flourishing. She has special interests in anxiety and depression, attachment issues, schizophrenia and related diagnoses, grief, ADHD, OCD, and PTSD.

Ages: (4+), teens, adults