Brittany Lauer , LISW

Brittany Lauer is a licensed independent social worker (LISW) based in Ohio who is returning to social work after several years focused on raising her children. Her most recent decade has been spent as a stay-at-home parent to ten-year-old boy and girl twins, a seven-year-old daughter, and a five-year-old son. As her children grow more independent, she has resumed her professional focus and draws on both formal clinical experience and real-world parenting insights in her practice.

Brittany has worked as a pregnancy counselor at a private adoption agency, providing grief and loss counseling in that setting. She has also supported families and children in school-based mental health roles, offering therapy within schools and coaching parents on strategies to use at home. In addition, she has delivered anxiety training for parents, students, and school staff in a local 4th through 8th grade school.

Her clinical work has included the use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address anxiety disorders, adjustment disorders, oppositional-defiant disorder, bipolar disorder, Asperger's, and ADHD. Brittany emphasizes a strengths-based, client-centered approach and advocates for the needs of the people she works with. She is known for a compassionate, empathetic, and caring manner, and she attends to who her clients are, where they come from, and where they want to go.

If prospective clients feel she could be a good match, she welcomes the opportunity to meet and work collaboratively toward their goals.

Client-Centered and CBT in Remote Therapy

Brittany integrates Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) into her online practice. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the person's strengths and fosters a supportive, nonjudgmental environment where the therapist listens deeply and helps clients identify their own goals and solutions. This approach is helpful for clients navigating life changes, parenting challenges, and family concerns.

CBT focuses on identifying and reshaping unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. In practical terms it offers tools and structured techniques that can reduce anxiety symptoms, support coping with mood fluctuations, and address patterns that interfere with everyday functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Brittany works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods align with their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts her use of client-centered and CBT strategies based on what proves most effective for the individual.

Online therapy with Brittany is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family routines and to access consistent support from licensed professionals and therapists without travel.