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
If your kid shuts down when you offer advice, try this instead. 👇🏾👇🏾
Your instinct might be to fix it.
💖 To tell them what they should do.
💖 To explain why it’s not that big of a deal.
💖 To share what you would do.
But when your child is opening up, they usually need connection before solutions.
Try:
✨ Validate:
“Yeah… I can see why that really upset you.”
✨ Get curious:
“What was that like for you?”
“Tell me more.”
✨ Connect:
“I’m really glad you told me.”
“I’m here. We can figure this out together.”
You don’t always have to fix the problem to be helpful.
Sometimes the most powerful thing you can give your child is the experience of being heard, understood, and not alone.
And once they feel connected and regulated, they’re often much more open to figuring out what comes next🫶🏾💖
Connection before correction.
Curiosity before advice.
#denvertherapist #TherapistsOfInstagram #parentcoach #parentingtips #denver
A day in the life of an elementary school counselor… 🎒🧠💕
✨ Some days I’m running small groups.
✨ Some days I’m helping a kid regulate a BIG feeling.
✨ Some days I’m mediating a playground conflict.
✨ Some days I’m talking to parents, teachers, and admin.
✨ Some days I’m doing attendance, data, paperwork, and approximately 47 things that were never on my calendar. 😂
And somewhere in between it all, I’m reminding kids that their feelings are safe with me, they are worthy of support, and they don’t have to figure everything out alone.
It’s messy. It’s exhausting. It’s meaningful.
And I wouldn’t trade it. 🥹💛
7 years in, and I still feel incredibly lucky to do this work.
#denver #schoolcounselor #therapist #therapistsofinstagram #bipoctherapist
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ADHD doesn’t always look like “can’t sit still.” Sometimes it looks like a kid who is trying incredibly hard to hold it all together.
These are some of the patterns I see again and again in my ADHD kiddo clients and many of them are missed because they don’t fit the stereotypical picture of ADHD.
✨ The shame + masking loop — “I’m fine!” until they absolutely aren’t.
✨ Interoception disconnection — not noticing hunger, thirst, exhaustion, or needing the bathroom until it’s an emergency.
✨ Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) — a small correction can feel like a massive rejection.
✨ Task paralysis + task initiation struggles — knowing exactly what needs to happen but feeling completely unable to start.
✨ Hyperfocus vs. underarousal — being intensely locked into one thing and then seemingly unable to engage with another.
✨ Relational object permanence — deeply loving someone while struggling to hold onto that connection when they aren’t physically present.
And here’s the thing:
None of these are laziness. Defiance. Attention seeking. Or a lack of caring.
They’re often signs that the ADHD brain is struggling with regulation, executive functioning, sensory processing, or connection in ways that aren’t always visible from the outside.
Swipe through for what these can actually look like in real life. 💛
Because when we understand what’s underneath the behavior, we can stop asking, “What’s wrong with this kid?” and start asking, “What is this kid’s brain trying to tell us?”
#therapistsofinstagram #adhdtherapist #adhd #childtherapist #parentcoach
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