Empowering you to Thrive
Providing compassionate, inclusive counseling for individuals and families, with a commitment to social justice and personal growth
Laeren Egan, LPCC
My commitment to you:
A Safe, Inclusive Space: A place where you feel valued and empowered to heal past and present wounds at your own pace.
Reclaiming Your Narrative: Together, we will build the resilience needed to drive meaningful, lasting change in your life.
LGBTQ+ Affirming Care & Advocacy
As an active ally and advocate for social justice and progressive change, I provide culturally competent care that respects your lived experiences. I am dedicated to ensuring that all individuals, especially those from marginalized communities, have a safe space to find the healing and support they deserve.
Specialties
Race/Identity Issues/Racial Trauma
If you’re grappling with race and identity issues, I’m here to support you. With my extensive experience and deep understanding, I offer guidance to navigate these challenges.
Life Transitions
Whether it’s transitioning from adolescence to adulthood, starting a new school, or navigating significant life changes, I offer deep experience in guiding clients through these pivotal moments with empathy, practical support, and transformative strategies.
Attachment Work
I specialize in supporting children and their families with attachment-related issues, focusing on fostering secure, healthy relationships that form the foundation for emotional resilience and well-being.
Trauma Therapy
I am passionate about helping clients of all ages—children, teens, and adults—navigate and heal from traumatic experiences. My training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy empowers me to offer an evidence-based, effective approach for processing trauma and reducing its impact on daily life, fostering lasting resilience and emotional growth.
Anxiety
Anxiety can be a debilitating condition impacting every aspect of life. I work with clients to develop proactive coping strategies, manage symptoms, and build resilience. My approach empowers individuals to regain control, enhance their well-being, and improve their overall quality of life through personalized, evidence-based techniques.
EMDR Trained
I help individuals process and heal from traumatic memories using advanced techniques. This involves guiding clients through a series of bilateral eye movements or rhythmic stimulation while recalling distressing experiences. This evidence-based process is designed to reframe and integrate these memories, reducing their emotional charge and enhancing psychological resilience.
You're my ideal client if.....
You’re my ideal client if you’re navigating anxiety, trauma, attachment issues, life transitions, school stress, or race and identity challenges. With my extensive school counseling background, I offer a deep understanding of the educational landscape to support you effectively. Committed to advocating for marginalized communities and addressing systemic inequalities, I aim to guide your personal growth, build resilience, and help you overcome challenges. As an antiracist and progressive counselor, I provide compassionate, culturally competent support tailored to your unique journey. With me, you’ll benefit from a compassionate, validating approach tailored to your needs. I use EMDR for trauma processing, CBT to address anxiety and behavior changes, and attachment-focused techniques to strengthen relationships. By honoring your experiences, I create a safe, supportive space for transformative healing and growth.
Recent Updates
Last Sunday, I woke up to Guinness getting violently sick. It was terrifying. As she threw up, I was able to piece together roughly HALF of a dog collar with “Dogtopia” printed all over it.
Let that sink in. My dog was sick enough to vomit up pieces of a collar, and I was never notified that anything had happened. I had no idea she had even gotten ahold of it.
And that’s only PART of what happened. Between this and the shady, questionable charges to my account, I have serious concerns about how this location operates and how my dogs were cared for.
I have receipts, screenshots, and a lot of unanswered questions.
Tomorrow, I’m sharing the full story. Because pet parents deserve to know what happened!
If you love your sweet babies, please think twice before trusting Dogtopia Lakewood with their care. 💔
Your child can focus on video games for 3 hours but can’t finish 5 minutes of homework… and you’re wondering WHY. 👀
Let’s talk about dopamine, executive functioning, and why this isn’t as simple as “they can focus when they want to.”
🧠 Video games provide the ADHD brain with things homework often doesn’t:
✨ Immediate feedback and rewards
✨ Constant stimulation and novelty
✨ Clear goals and predictable rules
✨ Frequent wins that keep motivation going
Homework? That often requires your child to:
🥴 Start a task that feels overwhelming
🥴 Sustain attention without immediate rewards
🥴 Organize their thoughts and materials
🥴 Tolerate frustration when something feels difficult
These tasks rely heavily on executive functioning skills, which can be challenging for children with ADHD.
Here’s the important part: being able to focus on something highly engaging doesn’t mean your child can easily direct their attention toward something less stimulating.
ADHD isn’t simply an inability to pay attention. It can also involve difficulty regulating attention, motivation, and effort.
So what can you do?
✨Make homework more ADHD-friendly:✨
💖 Break assignments into tiny, manageable chunks.
💖 Use a visual timer to make the task feel more predictable.
💖 Offer movement breaks before frustration takes over.
💖 Add immediate, meaningful rewards for effort and progress.
💖 Sit beside your child and help them get started instead of expecting them to independently manage every step.
And please remember: your child can understand what they’re supposed to do and STILL struggle to initiate it.
That doesn’t mean there should never be expectations or accountability. It means we need to teach skills and provide support instead of assuming the struggle is a choice.
Connection before correction. Support before shame. Always. 🤍
Save this for the next time homework turns into a battle, and send it to a parent who needs this reminder.
#adhd #ParentCoach #TherapistInstagram #Denver #Parenting
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When your client finally decides her ex is getting evicted from her life AND her nervous system ✌🏾
Because sometimes the biggest breakthrough isn’t realizing they’re toxic. It’s finally being ready to stop accepting less than you deserve.
We’re not romanticizing potential, confusing chaos with chemistry, or waiting around for someone to become the person they promised they’d be.
And that my friends is the character development we LOVE to see 🤏🏾🫶🏾🙌🏾💖
#denver #therapy #selfworth #growth #therapistsofinstagram
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Ready to take the next step? Call me to book a session now.
720-924-1885
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