Lauren Lynch, AASW

Lauren Lynch is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker based in Perth, Western Australia, who brings 15 years of clinical experience to her work with adults and young adults. She specialises in eating disorders and body image concerns, and also supports people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, identity questions, relationship difficulties and challenges with self-worth. Her practice centres on helping people who feel trapped by overthinking, shame, self-criticism, people-pleasing, perfectionism, avoidance or a sense of disconnection from themselves.

Lauren helps clients make sense of coping strategies that may have been useful during hard times but now limit the life and relationships they want. Her approach is warm, collaborative and practical, and draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, weight-inclusive eating disorder approaches such as CBT-E, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills and trauma-informed practice. Work with her often involves exploring the patterns that maintain distress, learning ways to regulate intense emotions, improving communication, reducing avoidance, cultivating self-compassion and reconnecting with personal values.

She has specific training and experience in eating disorder care, including as an ANZAED eating disorder clinician, and understands that eating and body image difficulties frequently intersect with control, trauma, identity and relationships. As an Aboriginal and queer clinician she values culturally safe, inclusive and affirming practice and welcomes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients, First Nations clients, LGBTQIA+ people and those from diverse cultural backgrounds. Therapy with Lauren is respectful, compassionate and focused on meaningful change that supports a more grounded and connected life.

Approaches that guide online therapeutic work

Lauren uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients clarify what matters to them and take small, values-based steps even when uncomfortable thoughts and feelings are present. This approach supports people struggling with anxiety, avoidance and difficulties making meaningful changes in life.

She also integrates Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills to teach practical strategies for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness. These skills can be useful for people experiencing emotional overwhelm, relationship conflict or problems with regulation.

Attachment-Based Therapy is also part of her practice, focusing on patterns that emerged in early relationships and how those patterns influence current connection, trust and intimacy. This work can help with relationship difficulties, attachment concerns and long-standing feelings of disconnection.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy and Lauren works collaboratively with each client to identify which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. Together they tailor a plan that draws on these evidence-informed approaches to support practical change.

Online therapy with Lauren is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging, providing flexible access that can fit around work, family and other commitments. Working online makes it easier to maintain continuity of care and to access appropriately qualified or registered professionals when in-person sessions are not possible.