Dr. Lauren McClintock, PhD

Dr. Lauren McClintock is a dynamic mental health professional with extensive experience delivering psychological services in hospital and community-based settings. She is passionate about integrating evidence-based therapies to promote recovery, enhance well-being, and support long-term healing across diverse populations. Dr. Lauren completed her Post-Doctoral work at Ochsner Medical Center, where she provided psycho-oncology and integrated primary care interventions, collaborating closely with medical teams to identify and treat psychological concerns early and effectively. She specializes in trauma-informed care, psychodiagnostics, and addiction treatment, drawing on training in CBT, ACT, DBT, and CBT-I. Her clinical journey has taken her through high-acuity environments including hospitals, correctional facilities, residential treatment centers, and outpatient clinics. She has treated individuals across the lifespan, working with complex trauma, developmental disabilities, chronic illness, and serious mental illness. In addition, Dr. Lauren provides comprehensive autism evaluations for children, adolescents, and adults. Her approach includes the use of gold-standard assessment tools, multi-informant interviews, and a strengths-based, developmentally sensitive framework. She is experienced in evaluating complex presentations, co-occurring disorders, and late-identified autism, with a focus on delivering clear, practical recommendations that support clients and families across home, school, and community settings. Dr. Lauren holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and an M.B.A. in Non-Profit Management from the University of Kent. She has also contributed to research in emotion regulation, behavioral neuroscience, and cognitive functioning. Her professional experience is enriched by a strong commitment to service, having honorably served in the U.S. Army overseas.