Dr. Lauren Matheson

Psychologist

Dr. Lauren Matheson provides psychotherapy and assessment using a collaborative, client-centered, and trauma-informed approach. She strives to create a safe and nonjudgmental environment where clients from all cultural and religious backgrounds, gender and sexual identities, and lived experiences can feel respected and heard. Lauren welcomes LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent clients.

In psychotherapy, Lauren works primarily from an Emotion-Focused approach and integrates other evidence-based therapies, including Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD, and Exposure and Response Prevention for OCD. She has experience supporting clients with anxiety, depression, eating disorders, substance use, borderline personality disorder, and OCD, as well as those seeking help with stress, perfectionism, emotion regulation, relationship issues, life transitions, and identity exploration. Lauren has extensive experience working with those who have experienced trauma, including childhood trauma, complex trauma, sexual assault, and work-related traumas including those experienced by first responders.

Lauren provides assessments including psychoeducational assessments and ADHD assessments for adults. Lauren also conducts assessments for adults seeking a deeper understanding of themselves, with diagnostic clarification when indicated. Lauren offers specialized assessment of Occupational Stress Injury for first responders.

Lauren completed her pre-doctoral residency with Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services and her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of Victoria.