Navigating Life’s Waves

Life can bring unexpected waves. Children, teens, and adults all experience moments when things feel overwhelming, uncertain, or difficult to navigate.

Therapy provides a supportive space to better understand your experiences, build self-awareness, and develop tools to move through life’s challenges with greater confidence and resilience.

Whether supporting a child learning to understand their emotions, a teen finding their voice, an adult navigating change, or a family seeking deeper connection, therapy can offer a space for growth, healing, and meaningful change.

Hi! I'm Lauren, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I work with children, teens, young adults, and families navigating anxiety, life transitions, trauma, relationship challenges, and the many experiences that come with growing up.

For the past six years, I have had the privilege of supporting young people and their families through difficult seasons of life. I strive to create a space where clients feel accepted and understood while building self-awareness, developing coping skills, and recognizing their strengths.

I value a strengths-based and trauma-informed approach to therapy. I work collaboratively with clients to explore their experiences, better understand themselves, and develop practical tools for managing emotions, stress, and life’s challenges.

By blending attachment-based, play-based, person-centered, and somatic approaches, I tailor therapy to each client's unique needs. With younger children, I incorporate play, games, and creative activities to encourage emotional expression and skill development. With teens and young adults, sessions often feel more conversational, providing space to explore challenges, gain insight, and work toward meaningful growth.

I have additional training in EMDR, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which I integrate when appropriate to support clients experiencing anxiety, trauma, depression, low self-esteem, and other challenges.

I earned my Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Westmont College and my Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University Santa Barbara.

I believe growth happens through connection, curiosity, and trust. Whether your child is struggling, your teen feels stuck, or you are navigating a difficult season of life, my goal is to provide a space where you feel understood and empowered to move forward with greater confidence and resilience.

Outside of the office, you'll often find me in or near the ocean—sailing, swimming, free-diving, playing mermaid, or enjoying the outdoors.

I would be honored to support you and your family.

Lauren Furr, LMFT