Dr. Lauren Ashbaugh - Supporting Staff to Thrive in their Work During a Pandemic

Dr. Lauren Ashbaugh is a licensed clinical psychologist with a private practice in downtown Tacoma, Washington. She is a therapist, consultant, and trainer who provides evidence-based outpatient psychotherapy for children, adolescents, adults, and families. She specializes in resilience, trauma, anxiety, depression, and risk, and teaches within these areas of expertise in educational settings. She is strength-based and collaborative in her approach. She strives to be culturally-responsive, trauma-informed, and empowering. Lauren received her undergraduate degree in Integrative Biology from the University of California, Berkeley, where she was a student-athlete on the women's basketball team. She played professionally overseas for a year before returning to the United States to earn her Ph.D. in Clinical and School Psychology at the University of Virginia.