Lauren Paganoni

Address
571A Canning Hwy, Alfred Cove

Consulting Days
Monday, Thursday & Friday

Lauren is a Clinical Psychologist with more than 20 years of experience working with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. She completed her Bachelor of Psychology at the University of Western Australia and her Master of Clinical Psychology at Curtin University.

Lauren has extensive experience across both public and private sectors. Her early career focused on supporting children and adolescents, young offenders, and their families, providing assessment, intervention, and therapeutic support in complex settings while working with the Health Department and the Department for Corrective Services.

In private practice, Lauren provides comprehensive psychological assessment and treatment services, as well as Single Expert Witness and therapeutic services for matters before the Family Court of Western Australia. She works with individuals, couples, families, and children experiencing a broad range of emotional, behavioural, mental health, and relationship difficulties.

Lauren has particular interests in:

• Child and adolescent behavioural and emotional difficulties
• Anxiety, depression, and mood disorders
• Trauma, PTSD, and attachment-related difficulties
• Family and domestic violence
• Building resilience in children and adolescents
• Parent–child and parent–adolescent conflict
• Substance misuse and addictive behaviours
• Adolescent identity and developmental issues
• Postnatal depression and adjustment to parenthood
• Parenting support and skill development
• Separation, co-parenting, and children's adjustment following family breakdown
• Self-esteem and body image concerns
• Offending and antisocial behaviours in children and adolescents

Lauren is known for her warm, genuine, and down-to-earth approach. She believes that a strong therapeutic relationship is the foundation for meaningful change and works collaboratively with clients to help them develop practical skills, gain insight, and achieve lasting improvements in their wellbeing and relationships.

Her therapeutic approach is tailored to the unique needs and goals of each client and may incorporate Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Interpersonal Therapy (IPT), Schema Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR).

In addition to her clinical and Family Court work, Lauren consults to primary and secondary schools, delivering workshops and presentations for students, parents, and staff. Topics include resilience, self-esteem and body image, stress management, adolescent mental health, bullying and conflict resolution, the transition from boyhood to manhood, and the challenges facing young women in today's society.

Professional Memberships

• Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Australian Association of Psychologists Inc. (AAPi)
• Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)