About Lauren
Dr. Lauren Pitts-Bounds helps people facing relationship strain, parenting stress, grief, trauma, low self-esteem, and life transitions.
Background and approach
She also supports those dealing with intimacy and commitment concerns, anger, career questions, and attention-related challenges. Dr.
Pitts-Bounds practices from Delaware and brings 13 years of clinical experience to her work. Her style is direct and practical.
She uses solution-focused methods to set clear goals and often mixes in attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape emotions. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Motivational interviewing can be part of sessions when people want help making a change. Clients can expect straightforward conversation and concrete steps between sessions.
Dr. Pitts-Bounds also draws on coaching strategies when people want help with personal or professional development.
She aims to make sessions feel useful and grounded in daily life rather than abstract theory. She earned a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Management and a master’s degree in Couple, Marriage, and Family Therapy from Drexel University.
She holds a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential - LMFT - and has professional experience across clinical, speaking, and coaching roles. Outside clinical work she leads weekly online talks where she shares practical guidance about relationships and mental wellness.
That public work informs her clinical perspective and helps her keep recommendations concrete and applicable.
How her approaches work online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationship patterns shape current reactions. Online sessions use conversation to notice those patterns and try different ways of responding in relationships. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and supporting the client's own priorities; the therapist follows the client's lead and reflects what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and tests small behavior changes to see what helps.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That plan can change over time as needs shift and progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when longer discussion is needed. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is preferred. Chat and messaging are useful for shorter updates, homework, or ongoing coaching-style support between longer sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Delaware
- Languages
- English