Lauren Dicair, LCSW - Therapist in Pennsylvania

About Lauren

Lauren Dicair is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on practical help for adults facing family and parenting concerns and other life stresses. She aims to make therapy straightforward and useful for people who feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure why they are struggling.

The tone in sessions is warm and direct, and Lauren helps people name patterns that keep them stuck so they can try different approaches in daily life.

Background and approach

Lauren draws on 15 years of clinical experience. She brings together methods that help with symptoms and meanings - for example tools to change unhelpful thinking and ways to reflect on values and purpose. She often works with issues like grief, depression, anxiety, trauma and relationship difficulties, as well as sleep problems and low self-esteem.

Her practice also addresses caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, aging and geriatric concerns, and the emotional impact of cancer. Communication problems, family of origin issues, immigration and multicultural concerns are within her scope of focus as well. Sessions can include practical exercises, mindful awareness skills, and conversations that reframe difficult stories.

Lauren uses motivated listening and narrative techniques to help people notice what matters and make workable changes. Her approach aims to be collaborative and clear so clients can try new strategies between sessions. She holds the Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential (LCSW) and practices in Pennsylvania.

Lauren offers services in English and works with clients across locations, including internationally. The work begins with identifying what the client wants to change and building steps toward those goals.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Lauren blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy in ways that work well online. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with concrete exercises and homework. It can help with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress by teaching practical skills to try between sessions. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention skills to reduce reactivity and improve focus. It often involves short practices in session and suggestions for brief daily routines that support calm and clearer decision making.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to the client’s goals and preferences and suggest options to try. Together they will adjust methods over time until the client feels the work is useful and manageable.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet, using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives and to continue work during transitions or while traveling. Practical tools, written exercises, and short mindfulness practices can be shared and reviewed across formats so progress continues between meetings.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Existential Therapy

Takes the larger questions seriously: meaning, choice, mortality, responsibility. Suited to periods when the difficulty is less a symptom than a sense that something has to change.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She helps with family and parenting related stresses plus grief, depression, anxiety, trauma, sleep problems, low self-esteem, career concerns, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include caregiving stress, chronic illness and pain, aging issues, cancer, immigration and multicultural concerns.

What is her general approach in therapy?

The approach is warm and direct, combining practical skills with reflective conversation. Techniques often include changing unhelpful thinking, mindful awareness, motivational interviewing, and rewriting personal narratives.

How long has she been practicing?

She has 15 years of clinical experience working with adults on a range of emotional and life challenges.

What credentials and location should I know about?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with PA LCSW CW017783 and ME LCSW LC21495, and she practices in Pennsylvania.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the country work with her?

International clients are accepted.

What session formats are available?

She works with clients via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to allow flexible scheduling and different communication styles.

How does cost and getting started work?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Family conflicts
Grief
Depression

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 15 years
Licensed: Pennsylvania, Maine
Languages: English

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