Dr. Lauren Serdencuk, LMFT
Goal-focused therapy for stress and recovery
About Lauren
Dr. Lauren Serdencuk uses practical, goal-focused therapy to help people make real changes.
Background and approach
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist and brings 15 years of clinical experience to sessions. Her work is straightforward and aimed at helping people handle stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and other life challenges.
She trained in psychology and marriage and family therapy and completed a PhD. That background informs a calm, evidence-aware approach that keeps the conversation simple.
Sessions aim to identify clear steps a person can try between meetings. Her practice often addresses mood concerns such as depression and bipolar symptoms, as well as trauma, sleep problems, and self-esteem.
She also supports people dealing with relationship strain, intimacy worries, parenting stress, caregiving burdens, and career transitions. Substance use and addiction-related concerns are also within her focus.
Dr. Serdencuk uses approaches like Client-Centered Therapy, cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and narrative techniques.
She works collaboratively with each person to pick methods that match their goals and comfort level. Sessions may include skill-building, problem-solving, and brief experiments to test new ways of coping.
The tone is practical and respectful, with an emphasis on small steps that can lead to noticeable change over time.
Practical approaches for online change
Dr. Serdencuk commonly blends Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when working online. Client-Centered work means the conversation starts with the person and their goals, with the therapist listening and reflecting to help clarify what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on clear links between thoughts, actions, and feelings and uses small experiments and skills to shift unhelpful patterns.She also draws on Mindfulness Therapy to help people notice stress and anxiety without overreacting. Mindfulness practices in sessions are simple breathing and attention exercises that can reduce reactivity and improve sleep and attention. Choosing the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process - the therapist and client discuss what feels useful, try things out, and adjust as goals evolve.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can support short check-ins or ongoing homework. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using the same goal-focused methods as in-person care.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English