Lauren Rieken-Hobbs, LPC-S is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Approved LPC Supervisor. She earned her Master of Education in Community Counseling from the University of Oklahoma and her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Texas Christian University. Lauren has over 20 years of counseling experience with children, adolescents, adults, and couples.

Lauren has a passion to join alongside her clients as they navigate life’s challenges while providing additional perspectives and enabling them to move towards the goals they’d like to achieve. She prefers client-centered and cognitive-behavioral techniques with an emphasis on mindfulness and holistic health (mind, body and spirit) and also utilizes a faith-based approach that encompasses her overall practice.

Lauren’s training and experience in trauma-focused and attachment-based modalities enables her to assist her clients in identifying past experiences and relationships that can continue to influence them currently. These can contribute to anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship difficulties, and feelings of shame or unworthiness. She is trained in the Developmental Model of Couples Therapy created by Dr. Ellyn Bader & Dr. Peter Pearson, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). Lauren is an empathic listener who emphasizes the overall well-being of her clients by helping them develop an awareness of self and others while providing intentional and evidence-based services.