Lauren Lynch

Lauren Lynch is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AASW) based in Perth, Western Australia. She works with adults and young adults who feel stuck, lonely or disconnected and want more meaningful connection in life. Lauren is especially experienced supporting people facing eating problems, anxiety, depression and issues with self-worth.

She sees patterns like overthinking, shame, people-pleasing, perfectionism and avoidance as things that once helped someone cope but can now hold them back. Sessions often focus on noticing those patterns, building practical skills to manage intense feelings, and finding ways to reconnect with what matters to the individual. Lauren aims for a warm, collaborative tone and a straightforward style of work.

Her clinical influences include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills, alongside attachment-based and trauma-informed ways of working. That mix means therapy can include learning emotional regulation, improving communication, reducing avoidance and nurturing self-compassion.

Lauren has specific experience in eating disorder care and has worked as an ANZAED eating disorder clinician. She explains that eating and body concerns are rarely only about food and often link to identity, control, trauma or shame. This understanding shapes treatment choices and the focus of sessions.

As an Aboriginal and queer clinician, Lauren aims to make therapy culturally safe and affirming. She welcomes people from diverse cultural and identity backgrounds and works to respect important parts of who they are while supporting practical steps towards feeling more connected and grounded.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small steps towards a meaningful life while learning to sit with difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and teaches practical strategies to reduce anxiety and change unhelpful patterns. Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current connection styles and can help with loneliness and intimacy-related struggles.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lauren will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs and preferences rather than using one fixed method. That collaborative process can happen over the first few sessions as priorities become clearer.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the available session formats before booking. Online options can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by saving travel time or making it simpler to fit a short check-in between commitments. They can also allow for different ways of working, such as focusing on skills practice, values-based homework or shorter emotion-regulation check-ins when longer sessions feel overwhelming. Ask about current session options when you start the matching questionnaire.