Our Team
Lauren Watson, LPC, LMHC
Lauren is a licensed psychotherapist in Virginia and North Carolina who specializes in working with children, teens, and families. With over a decade of experience in hospitals, intensive outpatient programs, and private practice, she brings a thoughtful, down-to-earth approach to helping kids and their families through tough times. Whether the challenge is anxiety, emotional outbursts, low mood, self-injury, or trouble getting along with others, Lauren meets each client where they are—with care, creativity, and a deep respect for their unique strengths.
She has a special passion for working with gifted and twice-exceptional kids, as well as those who are neurodivergent. Lauren helps families better understand how changes in the environment, flexible goals, and the right support can reduce day-to-day friction and build confidence. Her aim is to help young people feel more comfortable in their own skin as they navigate the messiness of growing up.
Lauren’s approach is holistic and collaborative. She often works closely with physicians, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists, and she partners with schools and universities to problem-solve around roadblocks to academic or social success. She believes that healing happens best when everyone is on the same page—and when kids feel seen, understood, and respected as whole people.
Bentley Dorn, LPC
Bentley Dorn is a Licensed Professional Counselor licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia. She attended James Madison University as an undergraduate majoring in Psychology and completed her masters in Counselor Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Bentley works with children, adolescents, and families in various settings including individual, group, and family therapy. She has extensive experience working with adolescents in crisis struggling with various mental health symptoms to include depression, anxiety, mood dysregulation, anger, PTSD, substance abuse, suicidal ideation, low self-esteem, ADHD, self-harm behaviors, at-risk behaviors, school avoidance, behavioral concerns, and interpersonal relationship issues. In addition to her experience working with adolescents, Bentley has years of experience supporting children individually and in group settings while target social skills, executive functioning skills, and symptoms related to ADHD, anxiety, depression, and autism. Bentley works to collaborate with all supports in place for each client to include parents, additional outpatient providers, and school counselors.
Bentley strives to provide a safe and trusting environment in which individuals can actively engage in the therapeutic process in order to progress and grow while learning emotion regulation strategies and healthy coping skills. Her therapeutic approaches are individualized to each client and may include cognitive behavioral, solution focused, and person-centered therapies.
