Trauma-focused psychotherapy · Pennsylvania & Arizona
Your symptoms make sense.
Together, we'll uncover the path to healing through trauma-focused, embodied care.
New clients begin with a free initial telehealth consultation. Brave Embers Wellness serves adults 21 and older.
In person in Doylestown, Bucks County, and by telehealth across Pennsylvania and Arizona, including Glendale and Phoenix.
Trained. Licensed. Trusted.
- LPC — Licensed Professional Counselor (PA & AZ)
- CCTP-II — Certified Clinical Trauma Professional II
- Certified SSP Provider
- Trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (Level 1)
- HEALers Circle — Project HEAL
- Verified on Psychology Today
The premise
Not what's wrong.What makes sense.
Rather than focusing on what's "wrong" with you, I view symptoms as adaptive responses to life experiences and work to understand them with curiosity and compassion.
Healing happens when we feel safe enough to reconnect with ourselves — with our bodies, our stories, and the parts of us that have been carrying so much for so long.
What it often sounds like
I feel out of control.
I go 0 to 100.
I can't feel anything anymore.
If any of those sound familiar, you're in good company. These are the language of a nervous system that has been working overtime to keep you safe.
Specialties
Where this work goes deepest.
Complex Trauma & PTSD
For the survival patterns that outlived the danger — hypervigilance, shutdown, flashbacks, the sense that your inner world is never quiet.
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Eating Disorders & Disordered Eating
Understanding food, hunger, and control as the language of a nervous system asking for care — no numbers, no comparisons, no shame.
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Body Image
Reconnecting with a body that has felt like an enemy, a stranger, or a project — and finding a different relationship becomes possible.
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Sexual Abuse Recovery
Trauma-focused, paced, deeply respectful care for survivors. You set the direction; I hold the container.
Read more →Ways to work together
Three doorways in.
1:1 Therapy
Weekly sessions in person in Doylestown or by telehealth across Pennsylvania and Arizona. Long-arc, relational, paced to your nervous system.
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10-Week Experiential Groups
Small, closed groups that use experiential practices to move the work out of the head and into the body — alongside other adults doing the same.
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Private Intensives
Multi-hour or multi-day one-on-one work when you want to focus deeply on something specific without waiting a week between sessions.
Learn more →Approaches I'm trained in
Modalities in service of you — not the other way around.
Take the next step
If any of this resonates, let's talk.
Consultations with Lauren Mehr are a low-pressure conversation. Reach out to talk about fit and fees.
New clients begin with a free initial telehealth consultation. Brave Embers Wellness serves adults 21 and older.
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