LAUREN BAKER
MA, LMFTA
(She/Her/Hers)
Therapy is a precious opportunity to explore yourself and your relationships. Together, we can open conversations to allow unheard wants and needs to be understood. My goal as a therapist is to allow clients to gently ask themselves and each other, why are we hurting like this and how can we make it better? By creating a space to allow all emotions to be accepted, we can open honest dialogue and create a new way of being in relationships.
Lauren works with couples to strengthen communication, rebuild trust, and rekindle sexual and emotional intimacy. She has completed over 60 hours of advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), a leading approach to helping partners understand and respond to each other’s deeper needs. Lauren also supports individuals and couples through the tender early years of parenthood—balancing exhaustion, shifting identities, and the impact of parenting on the couple bond. A certified Postpartum Mental Health Counselor, she helps parents manage anxiety, depression, and the stress of new roles while keeping their partnership strong.
Lauren often works with women who are experiencing sexual pain to find solution-focused ideas and discover what a satisfying sex life could be. Lauren wrote her thesis Vulvodynia: A Psychological Analysis (2016), which explored the psychological and relational dimensions of sexual pain. Lauren believes everyone deserves a safe place to explore their sexual identity and orientation and is an LGBTIQA+ ally.
Lauren earned her Master of Arts degree in clinical counseling from Pacifica Graduate Institute. She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate in the state of North Carolina. With 10 years of experience in the field, she has worked in a variety of settings including inpatient and outpatient before finding a niche in sex therapy and couple’s therapy. Lauren is a dedicated and observant therapist who will sit with you in many emotional experiences from joy and celebration to hopelessness and grief and the familiar mundane.
Outside of therapy, she spends time with her two kids, playing pickleball with friends, or trying new restaurants with her husband. As a therapist, she is committed to her own mental health and receives supervision to explore her own psyche and ask hard questions.
