Lauren Ottenhoff

**OFFERING TELEHEALTH IN VIRGINIA**

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Hi! My name is Lauren Ottenhoff, and I am a therapist with 15 years of experience supporting children, families, and young adults. I spent the first seven years of my career in school-based mental health helping kids navigate their big feelings, build their confidence and thrive in their educational and social worlds. I have spent the last eight years as a therapist at Family & Child Therapy deepening my work with families. Over time, my work naturally expanded to include the adults navigating these experiences themselves.

 

Today, my focus is on helping parents of neurodivergent children and young adults navigate the demands of adult life. I am an affirming therapist, and will bring a strengths-based approach to our work together, aiming to help families understand their children and assist young adults in building lives that fit who they are. I will bring my own experience as a parent to this work, so I understand the worry, the love, and the exhaustion that comes with raising kids. 

 

I also work with women trying to manage it all: the mental load, the endless to-do list, and the guilt that never seems to clock out. Many of the women I see are so busy caring for everyone else that they've lost track of their own needs. Together, we make room for you, so that you can reconnect with yourself.

 

My therapeutic approach draws from attachment-based psychotherapy, cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), humanistic therapy, IFS-informed parts work and client-centered play therapy (CCPT).  My goal is to provide a safe, positive, non-judgmental environment where my clients can work through their challenges.

 

 

I received my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Washington College. I completed a Master’s degree in School Counseling from Marymount University in Arlington, VA and I am a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC).